[nabs-l] SPSS Help

[Arielle Silverman]

support.sas.com has commands. Some of it is kind of densely written.
If anyone wants to learn basic SAS commands email me privately and I
can send you some to get started.
Arielle

On 7/17/15, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I did use excel; it was clunky.  I had to have someone put it into excel
> for
> me I think.  Tha semester is a hayze. She is write about the parts which
> are
> inaccessible.  Maybe you can find the sass commands. somewhere.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
> Silverman via nabs-l
> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 8:43 PM
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> Cc: Arielle Silverman
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] SPSS Help
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> Hi Miso, SPSS does work with JAWS, but it's clunky and inconvenient. A
> bigger issue is its expense. If you will have access to a university
> computer with JAWS and SPSS already installed, this won't be a problem, but
> if you will need to use your personal computer, you would have to buy an
> SPSS license. If you are just taking this one class, it is probably a
> better
> use of your time and money to either use a free statistical program or a
> human reader, partner, etc. Microsoft Excel will run many of the
> statistical
> functions needed for an intro class.
> Another option is an online calculator at www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs If
> you
> are just taking this one class and don't have access to a university
> computer, I would suggest asking your professor permission to do
> assignments
> in Excel or GraphPad.
>
> If you are planning to do independent research, or take multiple statistics
> classes, then it might be worth it to buy SPSS. SAS is a more accessible
> alternative, but can be harder to learn if you aren't being taught specific
> commands.
> If you go the SPSS route, keep in mind that data editing and output reading
> are not accessible yet, to my knowledge. You can work around this by
> importing your data from Excel into SPSS and then saving your output as a
> spreadsheet and opening it up in Excel. This is clunky, but it works.
> Feel free to email with more specific questions: arielle71 at gmail.com
>
> Best, Arielle
>
> On 7/17/15, justin williams via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I hear that SAS is better; when I used SspSS, Jaws only partially worked.
>> I'm not sure if there was a knowledge and skill issue or not.
>> However, I would suggest using a braille display on the parts where
>> jaws does not work.
>> There are key commands for it.  I'll do the best I can to find them
>> and send them to you.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Miso Kwak
>> via nabs-l
>> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 11:52 AM
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Cc: Miso Kwak
>> Subject: [nabs-l] SPSS Help
>>
>> Hello,
>> I will be beginning a course on psychology research method in two
>> weeks. I am aware that my class will be utilizing SPSS as a part of
>> our class for statistical analysis.
>> How accessible is SPSS with JAWS?
>> Is there any tutorial I could read or listen to?
>> Or if you have experience using SPSS with JAWS and could help me out,
>> I would appreciate your time.
>> Thank you.
>> Best,
>> Miso Kwak
>>
>>
>>
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