Statistics Software

RCS consultants are able to help researchers implement statistical methodology using one or more of the standard statistical computer programs. Help is available for a wide range of statistical software, including:

• SAS
• SPSS
• Splus
• Stata
• jmp
• HLM
• EQS
• Lisrel
• Minitab
• R
• Matlab

Support is available on each platform for which the statistical programs are written, including Windows and UNIX.

Learning Statistical Packages -- SPSS

• SPSS
• U cluster documentation for SPSS
• ASU SPSS Help
• Running SPSS under UNIX (University of Texas)
• Introduction to SPSS (University of Texas)
• How to Convert an SPSS System File to a SAS Dataset

Learning Statistical Packages - SAS

• SAS
• U cluster documentation for SAS
• Running SAS under UNIX (University of Texas Documentation)
• SAS Datasets: Basics for UNIX Users
• ASU Documentation for SAS
• Sample SAS code from SAS Institute

Learning Statistical Packages - Minitab

• Minitab
• Getting Started with Minitab on the U cluster

Learning Statistical Packages - S-Plus

• S-Plus
• U Cluster documentation for S-Plus

Documentation for Specialized Statistical Packages

• EQS links
• LISREL links
• HLM links

Statistical Techniques:

SAS and SPSS

ANOVA

• Repeated measures ANOVA using SPSS MANOVA
• Repeated measures ANOVA using SAS PROC GLM


• Follow-up tests:
  Post hoc tests in SPSS
  Post hoc tests in SAS

Factor Analysis

• Introduction to factor analysis
• Factor analysis using SAS PROC FACTOR