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Good, Simple Stats Software
Message posted by Christine Davis on January 27, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

I am currently in a masters study program and need to get my hands on a user friendly stats software program. Got any suggestions?

Thanks.

Christine

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Re: Good, Simple Stats Software
Message posted by AJ on January 28, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

For basic stats:
Data Analysis with Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Windows; ISBN 1 56527 525 X

For advanced stats:
SPSS with the following manual: Using SPSS for Windows Data Analysis and Graphics ISBN 0 387 98563 8

Re: Good, Simple Stats Software
Message posted by Phil on January 31, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Minitab and NCSS (Number Cruncher) are fairly user friendly, yet complete. I think you can download a 30 day trial version of Minitab from their website. It is usually one version old.

Re: Good, Simple Stats Software
Message posted by bob on February 2, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

activstats

Re: Good, Simple Stats Software
Message posted by R.P. Burke on February 8, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

If your needs aren't enormous -- a huge datafile, complex analysis -- a spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3 will produce basic statistics for you, easily.

Re: Good, Simple Stats Software
Message posted by jh on March 29, 2000 at 12:00 AM (ET)

Try Analyse-it for Microsoft Excel. Best of both worlds - user friendly familiar spreadsheet - plus accurate & fast statistical analysis.

You can download a free 30-day evaluation from http://www.analyse-it.com

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