Treffer: SURPY Python Toolkit for Data Analysis.

Objective: SURPY is a Python-based package for statistical analysis available on PyPi repository. The present study aims to evaluate performance of the SURPY package in providing basic data analysis compared to a standard statistical package, Stata v.14 (StataCorp, College Station, TX, USA). Methods: Datasets from previously published studies were retrieved for analysis. The data was transferred to the .DTA format for analysis using the Stata v.14 program and was imported as a dataframe into the Python 3.0 environment, to be analysed by the 'soap' (surgical outcome analysis program) package of SURPY 1.1.7. Results of the analysis from the 2 programs were compared. Results: The soap package from the SURPY program was able to import data stored in the Microsoft Excel format and calculate basic descriptive statistics. The program correctly performed t-tests and Mann-Whitney U tests. Also, the program was able to produce Kaplan-Meier survival curves and perform log-rank tests, which gave similar outputs compared to those from the Stata program. Conclusion: The SURPY program can be used for simple data analysis, which could be useful for surgeons who are not familiar with typing commands in commonly used statistical programs. The SURPY program can be further developed to incorporate graphic user interface. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]