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From: [e-mail] (Paul Hemeren)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Statisitc packages for the Mac
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Date: 26 Jan 93 15:19:14 GMT
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I am currently in the market for a stats. package that can do multiple
regression and multidimensional scaling/cluster analyses on the Mac. I
have looked at StatView and SPSS for the Mac. SPSS is admittedly powerful
and has practically all of the tests one may need. There is, however, one
drawback. The interface retains much of its appearrance from its earlier
versions as a mainframe program or, now, as used on smaller PCs. One
still has to generate the code. It's not quite what a Mac user is
accustomed to.
StatView, on the other hand, is more "user-friendly."  Its drawback is
that it doesn't seem to have the routines for multidimensional scaling
and cluster analyses. I'm curious as to what other researchers in
psychology are using to analyse their data. I would also be interested in
hearing the opinions of others who are familiar with the programs or
possibly other statistic packages for the Mac.
If this is a dead horse and has been beaten on numerous occasions in the
past, I regret the waste of bandwidth.
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Thanks,
Paul