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Someone asked me what software they should use as they were learning how to use the bootstrap and resampling methods.

I actually program my bootstrap simulations in R, but any statistical software program that has a syntax language that allows simple loops should work well.

The problem, unfortunately, is that the syntax that you would use is rather complex. Here are some examples:

• Matlab: www-stat.stanford.edu/~susan/courses/b494/index/node77.html
• Minitab: www.minitab.com/support/macros/default.aspx?action=code&id=108
• R: stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-patched/library/boot/html/boot.html
• SAS: www.winchendon.com/bootstrap.html
• SPSS: www.spsstools.net/Syntax/Bootstrap/bcnon.txt
• Stata: www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/Stata/faq/ownboot.htm

There are two programs I know of that are dedicated to this type of analysis.

• S+Resample: This package is an add-on to S+. A nice description is at www.insightful.com/Hesterberg/bootstrap.
• Resampling Stats: This software is available as an add-on for Excel and Matlab. For more details, go to www.resample.com.

I have no experience with either program, but I have heard good things about them.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. This page was written by Steve Simon and was last modified on 2010-04-01. Need more information? I have a page with general help resources. You can also browse for pages similar to this one at Category: Resampling methods.