Category Archives: Data Analysis Software

My Top 5 Free SPSS Help Web Sites

I spend a lot of time working in SPSS, and occasionally I need answers about various techniques and methods that aren’t readily available in the included documentation. Fortunately, there is a tremendous amount of free SPSS information and training materials scattered all over the web. Here are a few of my favorites. Continue reading →

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys Webcast

Anderson Analytics and SPSS is offering a free webcast on March 20, 2008 at Noon EST in which Senior Consultant Jesse Chen will offer creative tips and tricks for analyzing unstructured (text) data. The webcast will last about an hour … Continue reading →

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

SPSS 16 New Features

Click here to see my review of SPSS Statistics 17.0, the new version of SPSS. In the upcoming SPSS Directions User Conference in Prague (May 16) Product Management Director Kyle Weeks will discuss some of the new features in SPSS … Continue reading →

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Tim Macer reviews streamBASE GmbH’s Coding-Modul

In the March 2007 issue of Research, Tim Macer reviewed streamBASE GmbH’s Coding-Modul, a program specifically designed to assist in the process of coding a significant number of open-ended questions. Tim gave the software a generally positive review (4 out … Continue reading →

Posted on April 27, 2007 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SPSS vs. STATA

Found an interesting comparison between the features of SPSS and STATA (two statistical analysis packages), as provided by several statisticians on Windows Live Spaces: SPSS Advantages: Slightly more user friendly in making complex tables & graphs Nice routines for testing … Continue reading →

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Statistical Analysis with R

University of Missouri graduate student Mitch Hardin recently posted a note on his blog about how after spending a lot of quality time with SPSS he switched to R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics that runs … Continue reading →

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

SPSS 15 Doesn’t Work with Microsoft Vista?

I came across a post on comp.soft-sys.stat.spss in which the purchaser of a new Dell system with Vista Home Premium edition was unable to install SPSS 13, 14, or 15. They indicate that they spoke to SPSS support, who told … Continue reading →

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Tim Macer reviews GMI Research Analyzer 2.0

Tim Macer recently reviewed GMI’s Research Analyzer in the February 2007 issue of Research Magazine. Research Analyzer is a fairly easy to use package for analyzing your data and creating reports without the usual hassle that comes from a more … Continue reading →

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SPSS Desktop Reporter

Not to go too much into detail yet, but we’ve been spending some time with SPSS Desktop Reporter 4.0. Wow. Despite the price, it’s a great software package with a lot of extremely useful features and worth every penny. What … Continue reading →

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Affordable Data Tabbing Software

I recently received a request for information about the available data tabbing (cross-tab, table generating) software that is available out there and thought I might share what I know. Personally I was a little surprised that there aren’t more software … Continue reading →

Posted on December 6, 2006 by Mark Kupferman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment