SPSSforyou

Math 151 Fall '11, SPSS for your own computer

SPSS is a powerful computer package that does statistical analyses of data. We will learn how to use some of its features this term. 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 a Wells computer lab, or the only time you can get to a lab is always the busiest time. If you have a Windows computer of your own and want SPSS for it, read on.

Version 19 will be in the labs. (V. 18 was used last term. ) The main new thing is it's now "IBM SPSS" instead of "PASW" and some icons have changed from red to IBM blue.

You can "rent" the full version of SPSS (version 19) for 6 months for $39.99. Go to www.onthehub.com/spss. IBM SPSS Statistics Base GradPack is sufficient for this course. Windows only.

You can buy a "student version" $112.80 (plus shipping?). This will time bomb 13 months after (first?) installation! Version 18 is the latest out.

IBM® SPSS® Statistics Student Version 18.0 for Windows and Mac OS X
Inc. SPSS Inc.

ISBN-10: 0321675371
ISBN-13: 9780321675378

Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 2011
Format: CD-ROM Only
Published: 04/09/2010
Publisher's Suggested retail price: $112.80

The student version does pretty much what the full version does, I believe, but won't save syntax sequences (not important for us.) and limits the dataset size to medium-large datasets. You are required to be a student or educator to get it, but I don't know how this is enforced. Here's the link to buy it from Pearson. http://www.mypearsonstore.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321675371&xid=PSED

Directtextbook.com offers other sellers. Some angry customers complained they had trouble authorizing it, even new, from Amazon, because Amazon wasn't an "authorized dealer"--so I'd be cautious. I don't know if a used version will continue to work. It may start fresh for you but it may die 13 months after the original user installed it. (Knowing SPSS, if they can make that happen, they will.)

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