SPSS for your own computer, Spring 2002
It is absolutely not required that you get it for your own machine.
The lab copies should be adequate unless you have trouble getting to the
lab in Macmillan 101, or the only time you can get to the lab is always
the busiest time. I offer this information only because people have
asked me about it in the past.
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Students who preregistered for Math 151 were offered a bundle consisting
of the (new) textbook and student SPSS software. This software has
a "time bomb" and quits working 13 months after first installation.
(I just found that out.) The bundle is a little more than a new text
and $25-30 more than a used text.
This semester the bookshop was only able to get 5 of the 9 bundles we wanted,
but the other 4 will be along, and we've made provisions so the other 4
people will have use of book and software before that. If you didn't
request a bundle and want one, let me know; it may be that all 9 will not
be bought.
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You can "rent" the full version of SPSS for a term for $39.99. Go
to www.e-academy.com/spss, then
put SPSS in the Software Search box.
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You can buy a "student version" for around $75. (It is marketed
by Prentice-Hall. Get version 10. ISBN 0-13028040-2.
Version 11 should be out soon, but I don't believe it is. Prentice-Hall
is offering something cqlled version 11 but it seems to be a book.)
It does pretty much what the full version does, I believe, but won't save
syntax sequences (I haven't used it--I got this from Amazon user reviews).
Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble (bn.com) both advertise it at $72.
SPSS itself says you need a student ID to obtain it, and to get it from
your college bookstore. Cornell bookstore may have it in stock; I've
seen it there in past years. This version should not "time bomb."
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