| SPSS |
- User-friendly "point-and-click" graphical interface, and sufficient for a large majority of standard analyses.
- Common in Social Sciences and beyond.
- Available on Windows or Mac.
- Purchase a CD with an annual license (August to July) from Stat/Math Computing.
- Check here for prices ($50 for all students/staff/faculty - 2010-2011).
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| SAS |
- More powerful than SPSS for more complicated analyses, but less user-friendly requiring syntax programming.
- Available only on Windows and UNIX.
- Purchase an annual license from Stat/Math Computing Center.
- Check here for prices ($100 for Faculty/Staff - 2010-2011).
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| Stata |
- Common in Sociology and Political Science
- Also very powerful, advanced analyses.
- Combination of "point-and-click" and syntax
- Available on Windows or Mac
- Contact Stat/Math Computing Center for license/price info.
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| R |
- Free download (http://www.r-project.org/)
- Flexible, "open source" for user-created functions, but less documentation
- Available on Windows or Mac
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