[Social-sciences-list] jaws and spss

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Peter,
I don't think you need to learn specific software until you actually
have a job and know what they are using. For now I think just learning
the basics of JAWS with Microsoft Office applications and the
Internet/email would be good. You could also try teaching yourself R,
but I don't think that is necessary until you actually have a job. If
you have a conceptual understanding of how to perform statistical
tests and interpret output, that is what employers will be looking
for. The software shouldn't be too hard to learn once you are on the
job.
Arielle

On 2/14/13, Peter Wolfe <peterqwolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> Arielle and others:
>
>
>     Thanks for showing an interresting in problem solving this
> absstract problem that I'm having with statistics. he hard part is
> knowing what a job needs cause the federal government or state
> government aren't all that clear of exactly what they need and what
> blind people can exactly do. I don't have a job yet just would like to
> be trained up for a job like using being trained with Jaws not my
> Window-Eyes which the latter is worthless it appears in the federal
> government. Apparently there are SEAT and normal person by person
> accommedations and each agency/department runs off different
> standards.
>
>     I'd really appreciate on advice on how to tackle something that is
> abstract on what to generally learn or whatever with a politiccal
> science degree. When I was in college, SPSS was used with my screen
> reader that it wouldn't work with Window-Eyes not even fully today.
> They are just now doing a JAWS bridge not full accessible out of the
> box and all. I'm so confused notonly in statistics or in general
> withthe changing nature of software and etc. This is impart the reason
> why I didn't pass the assessment with the Lion's World IRS program
> that and not being fully ready for the braille cause of being rusty.
> Thank you guys cause this is extremely confusing and the GW-Info list
> was worthless just worthless just blame like self-intiative nonsense
> excuses for how lucky some people have it with the right place or time
> mentality of luck.
>
> On 2/14/13, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>> If you could tell us a bit more about what you will need to do for
>> your new job in terms of stats, we can advise you as to whether it is
>> worth learning a proprietary program like SPSS or if a stats website
>> or free program (Excel etc.) would suffice.
>> Arielle
>>
>> On 2/14/13, vincent martin <vmartin at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Peter:
>>> What have you used to do Statistical calculations in the past?  As
>>> Christine
>>> said, the real access that screen reader users have is done with either
>>> "r"
>>> or pipestat.  Depending upon what you are doing, a lot can also be done
>>> using Excel as well.  I personally have been able to also get most
>>> things
>>> done with SAS   as well.  In that case, you might as well learn to use
>>> "R",
>>> since you would have to learn to use SAS from the terminal line.
>>> []
>>> In the next two days, I will be posting the first to two surveys leading
>>> to
>>> prototypes that will be tested for my Master's Project later this
>>> semester.
>>> It is my hope and goal to have some form of real workaround that will
>>> allow
>>> us to fully use SPSS by the time I finish my Ph. D dissertation.  I
>>> learned
>>> to use "R" and love its power, but SPSS is still used in the Social
>>> Sciences
>>> the most.
>>>
>>>
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> --
> Cordially,
> Peter Q Wolfe, BA
> Cum Laude Auburn University
> e-mail: peterqwolfe at gmail.com
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