Hi Bob, I have also raised this question in our case and have often wondered whether our students would be better served by learning stats using, for example, Excel, a program that they are more likely to come across in the work place. The use of SPSS in our stats lab (1 credit course to accompany the 3 credit stats course) was a department decision and, at the moment, I forget the rationale that was used.
Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Bob Wildblood" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:38:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [tips] Best Methods, Stats, and Stats Lab Instructive Material A couple of folks have commented on using SPSS in their statistics courses, and that causes me to ask "what is the rationale for using SPSS in undergraduate statistics when the vast majority of our students will never again use SPSS unless they are employed in a research situation at a university or an agency that does a great deal of number crunching as part of their research?" ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:10:59 +0000 (UTC) >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [tips] Best Methods, Stats, and Stats Lab Instructive Material >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" ><[email protected]> > > > > To teach SPSS in Stats lab, I have been using "SPSS > for Windows Step by Step" and I've been generally > satisfied with it. However, given all of the > resources available on the web, I am thinking of not > using a book for this portion of the course. > > > > Miguel > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=1950 > > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL > if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-1950-13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Riverside Counseling Center and Adjunct Psychology Faculty @ Germanna Community College [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=1972 or send a blank email to leave-1972-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1991 or send a blank email to leave-1991-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
