[Blindmath] Questions from a struggling student.

[Mary Fernandez]

Hi,
I am a psychology major and took stats last semester.  For me, jaws
ten and spss 17 worked really well together. All they did was install
the java bridge between the two. You can access all the menus as
everyone else and run the analysis you need. SPSS also has a command
line. I recommend getting the  simple guide to spssR by kirkpatrick
and finney. I have a braille version if you are interested let me
know. It has all the commands you need to use on the syntax command
line. I strongly suggest googling SPSS and Jaws. You will find on the
spss site the procedure to bridging java and spss. Note that they say
something about the jaws dictionary file, but that's not necessary.
Get a tech person from your school to install jaws on one of the
computers with spss, bridge the java and jaws, and try and use it. You
should be able to read output and everything. Last semester i became
very frustrated because of the same thing, but, it  does work.
Finally, if at one point you will do T tests and hypothesis testing  I
suggest hiring a reader as well. While it is vital that you learn to
run analysis on spss, sifting through all the output can take a while,
specially with bigger datasets, a reader can come in handy to help you
get the important stuff out of what you need to know. They won't be
giving you answers as you can direct them to what you want to know.
It's best when it is someone who is in your class or has already taken
the course as they will be more familiar with the SPSS layout.
Please let me know if this helps or if you have any other questions.
Sincerely.
Mary Fernandez


On 1/28/10, Jonathan Godfrey <a.j.godfrey at massey.ac.nz> wrote:
> Hi Faiz,
>
> R is capable of doing what you have asked. A common problem with R
> (and any software that is command driven) is knowing what the commands are.
>
> I had to look for the factor analysis command myself using the
> help  pages but it is there. The command is factanal.
>
> The other analyses you mention are basic and easily found.
>
> More specific questions about functions and use of R should be
> directed to me off list.
>
> Jonathan
>
> At 05:16 a.m. 29/01/2010, you wrote:
>>Hi All,
>>
>>My name is Faiz. I am a student of Sociology, studying in University
>>of Karachi, karachi, Pakistan. I have joined the list today.
>>
>>I am having serious problems in finding a way of statistically
>>analyzing quantitative data that is typically collected in social
>>research. In my University SPSS is used. From what I know, SPss is
>>not jaws friendly. The other possible option is R statistical
>>package, but no one use it here, and I am unaware of its
>>accessibility as well.
>>
>>Instead of telling everyone about the frustrating situation I am
>>facing, I am going to ask two questions. if anyone can answer them,
>>I will be grateful.
>>
>>One what statistical package I can use with Jaws. the type of
>>analysis I need to do include the common statistical tests like
>>chi-square, correlation, regression, and perhaps factor analysis.
>>
>>Two Considering that R  is a free statistical package, I would be
>>interested to know that does it have the capabilities to perform the
>>tasks mentioned above.
>>
>>In sum, I need, and want to learn to perform statistical analysis
>>mentioned above using a statistical package. However what program
>>should I use and what program is accessible with jaws are two
>>questions answers to which I do not have.
>>
>>Thanks all for reading.
>>Faiz.
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