Statistics for Dissertations (and other Research) Welcome to IT’s seminar on stat. packages Sam Gordji, Jason Hale, Weir 107

List of Statistical Packages SPSS  SPSS (110 copies available, IT has Base, Advanced Stat, and Regression). To obtain a SPSS copy for a UM PC Please visit: pss.html  SPSS is free when installed on a UM PC

General Information Getting SPSS  Ole Miss Network License for SPSS 16 for Windows  Base/Advanced/Regression Modules  Paid for by IT/School of Education/School of Applied Sciences/Provost  Maintenance paid for by Psychology & Economics departments

General Information Getting SPSS  Unlimited # of installations on UM-owned computers  No charge to department or researcher  Not generally available for student-owned computers  Computer must be connected to the network while using SPSS

Downloading SPSS

List of Statistical Packages SAS  SAS(50 Copies available to the faculty and additional 50 copies are available for student use, IT has most of the SAS modules but not all). The cost for SAS is $100 per copy per year. To obtain a copy of SAS please send to or

List of Statistical Packages Mathematica  Mathematica (free copy for faculty, staff, and students). To obtain a copy of Mathematica please visit p?pagename=mathematica.inc

List of Statistical Packages Matlab  Matlab (available on willow and sweetgum)  Other packages such as Fortran, IMSL, etc. will be mentioned briefly

List of Statistical Packages IMSL  IMSL is a comprehensive package containing Math, stat., and special functions  IMSL is available only on sweetgum  IMSL is a set of subroutines called by a Fortran program

General Information  contact – your questions to  To download this and other materials visit: php?pagename=mathcamp.inc  Please fill out the performance report and leave your address so we may contact you for follow up questions

General Information  This seminar covers stat. packages supported by IT  SPSS, SAS, and Mathematica are available in Weir Student Lab, Weir 107, and several other labs around campus  We’ll look at some short examples from each package and together cover examples for SAS, SPSS, Mathematica, and MathWorks

General Information  SAS performs statistical analysis  SPSS performs statistical analysis and is similar to SAS  Mathematica’s main function is to perform mathematical operations including statistics.  MathWorks is similar to Mathematica and is available on willow and sweetgum

General Information  IT staff will support user to access these packages. We also assist users to find the proper procedure to analyze their data. If you need assistance please send to Sam Gordji at or

Statistical Consultation  MS thesis  Dissertations  University projects  Assistance with analysis  Guidance using SAS or SPSS  Formatting data sets  Up to three free consults per project

Statistical programs aov_freu.sas oneway_0829.sps math_sem.nb