Robin We decided last year that the changes in what is supported by the new owner, in tech-support provided, and in pricing structure that we could not justify continuing to use SPSS. It was partly a financial decision but the drop in concern and increased troubles with reinstalling it on new computers (when old ones were taken out of service) were putting increasing stress on our IT resources. We also anticipated the drop in publisher support for a variety of reasons. Our students are now using several packages and concentrating on using R and macros in Excel to teach stats in our research methods sequence. Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu
teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker ________________________________________ From: Musselman, Robin [rmussel...@lccc.edu] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 8:32 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Status of SPSS This semester we have had quite a to-do about getting SPSS for our students in their statistics and methods classes. It appears that first Pearson and now Cengage has cut their relationship with SPSS. As a community college, obviously we need to teach what the transfer institutions are asking us to teach and up until now it has been SPSS. We are wondering if these changes in terms of getting student editions will have any impact on the use of SPSS at four year colleges/universities. Any thoughts? Robin Robin Musselman, EdD Professor Past President, Psi Beta Kno Educator Advisory Board Lehigh Carbon Community College Schnecksville, PA 18078 phone: 610-799-1531<tel:610-799-1531> email: rmussel...@lccc.edu<mailto:rmussel...@lccc.edu> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the original message. Your compliance is appreciated. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu<mailto:tshea...@collegeofidaho.edu>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b177a&n=T&l=tips&o=20658 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-20658-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-20658-13545.bae00fb8b4115786ba5dbbb67b9b1...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=20663 or send a blank email to leave-20663-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu