What is PATN?
PATN does pattern analysis. PATN is a comprehensive and extremely versatile,
yet simple to use software package for extracting and
displaying patterns in any type of complex (multivariate) data.
How does it work?
PATN generates estimates of association (resemblance, affinity, distance) between
any set of objects described by a suite of variables (attributes). PATN then classifies
the objects into groups, condenses the information into three dimensions and displays the patterns in your data
graphically.
PATN also
has a range of tools to help you to to identify
the reasons for these patterns.
Where has it been applied?
'Pattern analysis' has been used in just about every area where data
is available. To name a few disciplines - anthropology, botany,
chemistry, ecology, fisheries management, genetics, hydrology, information
technology, limnology, marketing, oceanography, psychology, socio-economics,
taxonomy, writing analysis, zoology and more. If you have a set of objects
described by some quantitative measurements, PATN can show you relationships.
Trial Version
A free trial version of PATN is available for download by clicking
. It is a fully
functional version but except that it has an inbuilt test dataset (medals) and will not import a
Data Table.
An example?
Click here to see two examples of analyses using
PATN.
PATN Version 3
"The new version is just as revolutionary in its approach
as the original DOS PATN
was in its day. PATN version 3 is very simple to use, yet
powerful for finding and understanding
patterns in your data."
- Lee Belbin
