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September
1998
Volume 2,
Issue 1
Inside this Issue... Statistical Software Examples on the Web Data Resources Library - Update Social Science Computing Laboratory
E-mail: ssts@uwo.ca
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SSC Network UpdateStatistical Software Examples on the WebPeter FewsterExamples for most command oriented statistical packages installed on the SSC Network are available via the Web at www.ssc.uwo.ca/ssnds/statsexamples/. Designed to assist statistical software users with specific tasks, the examples have been divided into two groups: examples of working with data files, and examples on the theme of Analysis of Variance. Preparing your data is perhaps the most arduous task in the analysis process, particularly for those new to a statistical package. The first group of examples demonstrate how to use the packages to read raw data files, save data for future use, and combine data sets. Each example provides explicit instructions on how to run the program as well as the statements used to accomplish the particular task. The statistical packages covered are SAS, SPSS, Stata, TSP and Stat/Transfer. Stat/Transfer is a useful package for translating data from one format, such as a statistical package, spreadsheet program or database, to another. On the theme of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), the second group of examples demonstrate how to create factorial designs, repeated measures designs, a Latin square design, a split plot design, and multivariate designs. ANOVA examples begin with an explanation of the problem that the experimenter must solve. Each solution includes a data file plus the syntax (commands) used to analyze the data. The example concludes with the results obtained from the statistical package along with comments about the significance of the statistical tests.
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