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Category Archives: news
IBM SPSS Statistics 19 New Features
IBM/SPSS have posted to their web site the features of IBM SPSS Statistics 19, the latest version of SPSS for 2010 (known briefly for a time as PASW Statistics). New features include general linear mixed models, faster performance, a statistics web portal, automated linear models, a few syntax editor improvements, default measurement levels, a few new direct marketing capabilities and integration with the (new) IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services system. Continue reading
The Salt Room (Orlando, Florida)
Some friends of mine are launching a new business in town call The Salt Room. It’s a new salt therapy treatment center which will be located in Orlando where folks with a variety of respiratory and skin diseases can come for relief of their symptoms. Basically, they have three rooms which are filled with salt — there is salt on the walls, on the floor, and in the air. And when you breathe it you get a concentrated feeling much like what you get when you breathe the salt air on the beach or in a deep salt cave. Continue reading
QuestionPro Survey Software Blog
The founders/employees of QuestionPro maintain an interesting company blog that, in addition to describing specific features of their service, also includes a variety of more useful, general information that anyone can theoretically use with any survey service. It’s always nice to see a company that isn’t just focused on getting more clients but is also willing to add to the general knowledge available online. Continue reading
MarketTools zTelligence adds new features
San Francisco-based MarketTools announced today that their survey software product, zTelligence has been given a variety of new features designed to make the product easier to use including several new advanced capabilities. New features include interactive video tutorials, frequently asked questions, a regular live training sessions; new authoring features designed to make survey development go faster; and new reporting features that improve flexibility. Continue reading
SPSS 17.0 Drops Support for PowerPC Macs
SPSS announced recently to its Mac-based customers that SPSS 17.0 for Mac would not be released for the PowerPC based Mac, effectively discontinuing SPSS development for the PowerPC. PowerPC Mac users presently represent about 3% of all online computer users, down from 4.2% back in 2006 when the Intel based Mac was released. Continue reading
PSOL Boosts Response Rate +23% with Prizes
Lake Superior College recently collected data for its 4th Priorities Survey for Online Learners, a standardized-ish survey from Noel-Levitz that helps schools measure the satisfaction of their online programs. What’s neat (from my perspective) is that this year they offered their survey pool of … Continue reading
Vovici Buys Raosoft EZSurvey
Vovici (formerly Perseus SurveySolutions and WebSurveyor) announced today that they were acquiring EZSurvey and EZReport from another survey software provider, Raosoft Inc. Vovici will take over all EZSurvey maintenance contracts and will provide customer service and support. According to the … Continue reading
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
Teen Mobile Research Panel Introduced
The N, MTV/Nickelodeon’s evening network for teens, has announced an alliance with mobile community provider mbuzzy.com to create a teen wireless research panel using the mbuzzy technology platform beginning in January. The program, to be called "Teens Everywhere" will allow … Continue reading
Consumers Rebel Against Marketers’ Endless Surveys
Last week 30 of the top executives in market research met for a rountable at the Research Industry Summit for Improving Respondent Cooperation. It would appear that response rates of less than 10 percent are becoming more common, with reports … Continue reading