Date:         Mon, 16 Jun 2003 08:59:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa@MCW.EDU>
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From:         Rodney Sparapani <rsparapa@MCW.EDU>
Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Subject:      Re: Questions from a doctoral student
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BlackBird wrote:

>This next quarter I will be taking Advanced Inferenetial Statistics, I am
>looking to determine which is the best package for my student budget (small)
>and the most power I can get. I would hopefully like to also, if possible,
>use the same software for my dissertation number crunching. I see that one
>can buy some packages used like SPSS 11.0 Student version for around $50.00
>but I don't know if it will cover at least the following requirements for my
>class:
>
>Regression
>
>Multiple Regression
>
>Power
>
>Factorial ANOVA
>
>ANCOVA
>
>Repeated-measures ANOVA
>
>Mixed (Between-Within) ANOVA
>
>Nonparametric Tests
>
>Could anyone steer me with their advice? Anyone selling used packages?
>Sources, Links? What is the best software title in your opinion (Statistica,
>SPSS, Analyse-it, etc.).
>
>E-mail me please at:
>
>imaginesomething@yahoo.com
>
>BlackBird
>
>
>
>
>
I can't recommend SPSS student version.  SPSS doesn't say what is in the
package
since it is distributed by Prentice-Hall and is Windows-only in any
case.  If you are on a tight budget, check out R.  It's free see
http://www.r-project.org/

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Rodney Sparapani              Medical College of Wisconsin
Sr. Biostatistician           Patient Care & Outcomes Research
rsparapa@mcw.edu              http://www.mcw.edu/pcor
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