[nabs-l] questions about SPSS

[Katie Wang]

Hi Patrick,

Sorry to make another post, but Arielle actually made a really good
point. The problem with SPSS is that its accessibility feature is not
turned on by default (i.e., the check box I mentioned in my previous
message), so if you are using it on a public computer it will most
likely NOT work with JAWS unless you have it removed first and go
through the installation process again. A 1-year student license for
SPSS costs around $90, I believe, so you will have to decide whether
you would like to invest in the purchase especially if you will only
need it for one semester. If the free calculator Arielle sent would be
sufficient for your purpose that might be the best solution. Good
luck!

Katie


On 10/31/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> SPSS is accessible, but the problem is that a license costs money. If
> you have JAWS on a public computer on campus that has SPSS, then you
> should be able to use it, but if you need to run software on your own
> computer, it probably doesn't make sense to buy an SPSS license unless
> you are planning to use it for multiple semesters.
> There is a free and easy-to-use stats calculator at
> www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/
> that will do a lot of basic stuff. If you know the names of the
> statistical procedures that your class is doing in SPSS, I can tell
> you whether GraphPad will work as a free substitute.
> Alternatively, if the SPSS project is a group project, you could ask
> someone from your group to email you the output as an Excel file.
>
> Best,
> Arielle
>
> On 10/31/13, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>> If you don't get a good answer here, we have other lists where you
>> might be more successful, such as blind Math, social-sciences-list,
>> and nfb-science.  You can find them all at:
>>
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> At 09:00 PM 10/30/2013, you wrote:
>>>Hi All,
>>>I'm in a research methods class and we're going to be starting SPSS
>>>soon. Has anyone on this list worked with SPSS before? How
>>>user-friendly is it with JAWS? If it's not, is there another program I
>>>can use that will do the same things as SPSS? Any JAWS keystrokes that
>>>I should know beforehand?
>>>Thanks,
>>>Patrick
>>
>>
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