<s>
Data	B-Application
Desk	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
program	O
for	O
visual	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
,	O
visual	O
data	O
exploration	O
,	O
and	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
carries	O
out	O
Exploratory	B-General_Concept
Data	I-General_Concept
Analysis	I-General_Concept
(	O
EDA	O
)	O
and	O
standard	O
statistical	O
analyses	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
dynamically	O
linked	O
graphic	O
data	O
displays	O
that	O
update	O
any	O
change	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Application
Desk	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
Paul	O
F	O
.	O
Velleman	O
,	O
a	O
statistics	O
professor	O
at	O
Cornell	O
University	O
who	O
had	O
studied	O
exploratory	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
with	O
John	O
Tukey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Application
Desk	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Data	B-Application
Desk	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
General	O
Linear	O
Model	O
(	O
GLM	O
)	O
,	O
multivariate	B-General_Concept
statistics	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
nonlinear	O
curve	O
fitting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Application
Desk	I-Application
's	O
developer	O
,	O
,	O
pioneered	O
linked	O
graphic	O
displays	O
including	O
a	O
3-D	O
rotating	O
plot	O
and	O
graphical	O
slider	O
control	O
of	O
parameters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
developed	O
proprietary	B-Application
technology	I-Application
for	O
computer-based	O
multimedia	O
instruction	O
and	O
currently	O
provides	O
contract	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfoWorld	O
reviewed	O
Data	B-Application
Desk	I-Application
6.0	O
and	O
said	O
"	O
DataDesk	O
Plus	O
is	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
best	O
Windows	B-Application
package	O
for	O
in-depth	O
data	O
exploration	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
reviewed	O
Data	B-Application
Desk	I-Application
in	O
October	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
9.1	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
5	O
star	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
