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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello Maha, Faiz, and list,<br>
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Statistics questions come across the blind science and blind math
lists all the time. I'd suggest subscribing to those lists if
only for access to the archives. Some questions may have already
been answered.<br>
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I used an older version of spss for qualitative and quantative
analysis for my dissertation. It was version 15 because that was
the one I bought several years ago. My student license expired so
I'm giving advice from memory. I generally imported excel files
and then selected the row and column ranges for the different
analysis dialog boxes. Then I always exported the output back to
excel. The results are still readable and I'm still referring to
them as I revise my manuscript. Sorry I don't have experience
with 18.<br>
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Cheryl Fogle<br>
Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of New
Mexico<br>
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On 7/26/2012 3:52 AM, Faiz Rasool wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hi Maha,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Unfortunately, SPSS is not completely
accessible with jaws. It is claimed by IBM that from
version 18 you can use the software by making few changes in
the path variable and replacing the accessibility.
Properties file. After making the suggestive changes to
improve the accessibility of SPSS with jaws, I found that I
could use the menus e.g. open the analyze menu to request
for a cross tabulation or run a simple linear regression.
But few aspects of the programs e.g. entering data
directly in the data editor window of SPSS was not possible
at least for me. When you try to use the arrow keys to
navigate in the data editor windows of SPSS jaws does not
always correctly report the location of the row and column
you are in. The workaround I found was to first enter my
data in excel, and then import it to SPSS. Please note that
I did not experienced any major difficulty in assigning
variable and value labels in SPSS. The second major issue
was that visually impaired users cannot directly read the
content of the output window of SPSs. Your option to read
the output window is to export the output window as a
word or pdf file. Personally I found the option of
exporting as a word file very helpful as I could copy and
move the tables in other files e.g. course assignments.
Please note that other users have reported few problems in
setting up the location of the path variable and replacing
the accessibility.properties file. Dr. Jonathan who’s on the
list has always maintained that R is the best software
option for blinds. I personally have very limited experience
of using R so I cannot offer much advice myself. But I
think Dr. Jonathan has maintained a website where
information on using R can be found. I’d suggest that you
should explore R if possible. I used stata for a limited
time and found it to work well with jaws. My problem was
that course instructor wanted all the assignments in MS
word and I could not work out how to get the output of R or
Stata directly to mS word. With workarounds I was able to
get the output of SPSS to MS word though. Please note that
it is not that the output of R and stata cannot be sent to
MS word it was just that I could not learn how to in the
limited time I had and there was no accessibility support
office to come to my help. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hope this helps,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Faiz.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Maha Khochen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Blind Social Scientists List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Social-sciences-list] introduction</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hi everyone,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>My name is Maha. I am currently
reading for my MPhil/PhD at the Institute of Education,
University of London- UK. My research is looking at the
inclusion of visually impaired learners in mainstream
education in Lebanon, my home country. It is so
interesting to see this mailing list up and running. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I have been looking for some advise
on accessible qualitative software package for a while.
And was wondering if there is anyone on the list who can
advise? I have tried the NVivo but unfortunately it
appeared that it is not accessible with Jaws, the screen
reader that I use to access information. Any advise with
this regard is very much appreciated. Note that I have no
residual vision.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Another thing, I am taking training
on the SPSS software very soon, it would be very much
appreciated if I can have some advise based on your
experience whether it is accessible and that blind
researchers can use it with no problem. Alternatively, any
advise for an accessible quantitative software package
would be very much appreciated too.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Looking forward to hearing from
you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Maha</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:EMorman@nfb.org"
title="EMorman@nfb.org">Morman, Ed</a> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Sent:</span></b><span>
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:01 PM</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>To:</span></b><span> <a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Subject:</span></b><span>
[Social-sciences-list] introduction</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear Listmembers—</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I’m pleased to see that my colleague
Anna Kresmer has already joined the list. Like Anna, I am a
sighted staff member at the NFB Jernigan Institute in
Baltimore. I have a PhD in History of Science and worked
for many years in the field of history of medicine as a
librarian, occasional teacher, and not terribly productive
researcher. I know a wee bit about social science research
methods and have an avocational (extremely avocational)
interest in cognitive science. Curiosity about how people
construct their internal model of the world without sight
was part of the reason I was interested in working for an
organization related to blindness—especially a blind-led
organization of blind people. I’ve been here for four years
now and I’m enthusiastic about NFB philosophy and its notion
of what constitutes proper training. With Anna Kresmer and
our colleague Lou Ann Blake, I’ve developed something of an
understanding of the history of the blind in the U.S. and
more specifically the history of the NFB.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I’ll mainly be lurking, but might
occasionally have something to say. With any luck it will
be intelligent and even possibly helpful to other
listmembers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Cordially,</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Ed Morman</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Edward T. Morman, MSLS, PhD</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Director, Jacobus tenBroek Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
JERNIGAN INSTITUTE</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span> at Jernigan Place</span></i><span></span></p>
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