SPSS is still quite common here among the general run of grad students, but it is generally regarded as the "lesser" of various products. SAS is preferred by people who are a little more stats-intensive. And everyone who considers (or intends) statistical methods to be one of their areas of expertise uses R.
Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== On 2012-06-06, at 1:35 PM, Marc Carter wrote: > Hi, All -- > > A little unscientific poll for you. > > We consider our program to be a grad-school-prep program, and have been doing > pretty heavy instruction in SPSS, thinking that when the students get to grad > school that's the package they're most likely to encounter. > > That was certainly my experience a few years ago, but I'm wondering if we're > thinking right, today. Should we move to a different stats package, or is > SPSS still pretty common. > > Since IBM bought it it's gone through some changes and seemed headed much > more toward business applications, but this last year they seemed to realize > that schools were a large part of their clientele, and have made pricing a > little more reasonable (although still hideously expensive). Here the > departments that want that package buy it (IT decided to cut its budget by > pushing things off onto departments), and so I want to do right by my > students, but have to think "thrifty." > > So, the poll: for those of you who work in departments that have grad > programs, what stats software packages are available to your students? > > Thanks! > > m > > -- > Marc Carter, PhD > Associate Professor of Psychology > Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences > College of Arts & Sciences > Baker University > -- > > > > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto > ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be > confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. > The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures > acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or > copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and > immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments > thereto. Thank you. > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=18210 > or send a blank email to > leave-18210-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@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=18213 or send a blank email to leave-18213-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
