MERLIN is a comprehensive software package for survey data processing. It has been developed for over 20 years, and is now one of the best-known and most widely-used packages of its kind.

MERLIN is a language based product, aimed at the professional survey analyser.  We recommend MERLIN for people who will spend at least 75% of their time using it, in order that they will be able to develop and retain skills in the use of this language; for those processing data on a less frequent basis, we recommend MERLINPLUS.

• data entry

• data editing and reporting

• cross tabulation with full labelling

• laser print features (boxing, shading, font sizes, etc)

• full and partial table manipulation

• many statistical functions including correlations and
  dependent t-tests

• multi-stage weighting including rims and / or targets

• export to Word and Excel

• inputs / outputs ASCII or binary data

• includes the "pre-processor" - a powerful macro system for handling any type of repetitive specification
• processing of hierarchical data structures
• merging dis-aggregated and / or aggregated data from
  different surveys
• ability to re-run tables to change text and formatting,
  without re-reading the data
• spellchecking
• hundreds of formatting options
• MERLIN Toolkit included free