<s>
WinPepi	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
freeware	B-License
package	O
of	O
statistical	O
programs	O
for	O
epidemiologists	O
,	O
comprising	O
seven	O
programs	O
with	O
over	O
120	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinPepi	B-Algorithm
is	O
not	O
a	O
complete	O
compendium	O
of	O
statistical	O
routines	O
for	O
epidemiologists	O
but	O
it	O
provides	O
a	O
very	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
procedures	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
and	O
many	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
easy	O
to	O
find	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinPepi	B-Algorithm
had	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
1983	O
in	O
a	O
book	O
of	O
programs	O
for	O
hand-held	O
calculators	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
developed	O
into	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
DOS-based	O
computer	O
programs	O
by	O
Paul	O
M	O
.	O
Gahlinger	O
with	O
the	O
assistance	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
authors	O
of	O
calculator	O
programs	O
,	O
Prof	O
.	O
JH	O
Abramson	O
that	O
came	O
to	O
be	O
called	O
Pepi	O
(	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
"	O
Programs	O
for	O
EPIdemiologists	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
evolved	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
fourth	O
version	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
into	O
WinPepi	B-Algorithm
(	O
Pepi-for-Windows	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinPepi	B-Algorithm
does	O
not	O
provide	O
data	O
management	O
facilities	O
.	O
</s>
