[nabs-l] Statistical/data analysis software

[justin williams]

Oh, and pspp is free.

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From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Katie Wang via
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Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 8:51 PM
To: Arielle Silverman; National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Statistical/data analysis software

Hi Kirt,

I second Arielle's comments about checking out free alternatives to SpSS. I
also wanted to mention that I have been using SPSS on a regular basis for
the past six years and found it mostly accessible with several work-arounds,
so if you do end up using the software on a shared workstation with JAWS and
have questions about its accessibility features, I would be happy to help.
Good luck!

Best,
Katie

On 8/25/14, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi Kirt,
>
> I have not used SPSS in about 7 years, but I believe it is mostly 
> accessible. I use a competing program, SAS, for my data analysis in a 
> professional research setting, and think it is slightly more 
> accessible than SPSS. However, the bigger concern is that SPSS (or
> SAS) private licenses cost money, and most students use SPSS on shared 
> computers. So it probably makes sense for you to use SPSS only if the 
> shared computer in your class building is outfitted with JAWS. I don't 
> believe SPSS is accessible yet on the Mac and I don't know how well it 
> plays with WindowEyes or NVDA.
> For this reason, I usually advise undergrad students to use either 
> Excel or the free web-based calculator at www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs 
> for your data analysis needs, if your professor allows. Depending on 
> the extent to which SPSS is used in the course, you could also work 
> with another student if the shared workstation is not outfitted with 
> JAWS.
> There is also R, a free program, that some blind people have used 
> successfully, though R is harder to learn than either Excel or 
> Graphpad.
>
> If you get a list of the statistical functions you will be expected to 
> do and want to share that with me off-list, I can advise on whether 
> Excel and GraphPad will be sufficient.
>
> Best of luck!
> Arielle
>
> On 8/25/14, Derek Manners via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I found excel to be accessible and able to do most things you'd need 
>> to do.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Aug 25, 2014, at 12:37 PM, Kirt Manwaring via nabs-l 
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Nabsters,
>>> This semester I will be taking a political analysis course relying 
>>> heavily on data analysis. Our class will be using a program called 
>>> SPSS to organize and analyze sets of data. My question, for those of 
>>> you who have taken statistics or other quantative analysis courses, 
>>> how accessible is SSPS? If this program will not work, is there an 
>>> accessible alternative I will be able to use? Is there any more 
>>> general advice I should be aware of in regards to statistical 
>>> analysis with screen readers? Any help you could give me would be 
>>> very much appreciated.
>>> Best,
>>> Kirt
>>>
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