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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Actually, you don’t need to be a member of those lists to search the archive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You can go to
<a href="http://www.nfbnet.org">www.nfbnet.org</a> and choose the 2<sup>nd</sup> link on the page for a complete search, or for blindmath specifically go to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindmath_nfbnet.org">http://www.nfbnet.org/pipermail/blindmath_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">or for Blind Science specifically,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>cheryl fogle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Blind Social Scientists List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Social-sciences-list] reply to Maha's questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi Maha,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Faiz.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org">social-sciences-list-bounces@nfbnet.org</a> [<a 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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Looking forward to hearing from you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Maha<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
<a href="mailto:EMorman@nfb.org" title="EMorman@nfb.org">Morman, Ed</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 25, 2012 4:01 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:social-sciences-list@nfbnet.org" title="social-sciences-list@nfbnet.org">
social-sciences-list@nfbnet.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Subject:</b> [Social-sciences-list] introduction<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear Listmembers—<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Cordially,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Ed Morman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Edward T. Morman, MSLS, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Director, Jacobus tenBroek Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND JERNIGAN INSTITUTE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">200 East Wells Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i> at Jernigan Place</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Baltimore MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">410.659.9314 x2225<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">410.685.2340 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
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