tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329518312619120186.post1496857966269042790..comments2016-09-16T19:33:20.894-05:00Comments on Thoughts from Both Sides of the Brain: IBM Buys SPSS & SPSS vs SASChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07166882146358179182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329518312619120186.post-32199963226082933162009-07-29T19:35:09.191-05:002009-07-29T19:35:09.191-05:00At my last job, I think we were using version 8 or...At my last job, I think we were using version 8 or 9, and they're up to 17 already. So perhaps your difficulty was related to an old version. I had tons of problems that we resolved in later editions, but the company wouldn't upgrade.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166882146358179182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329518312619120186.post-20281839850078770452009-07-29T19:34:47.693-05:002009-07-29T19:34:47.693-05:00SPSS is, I think, the most commonly used in psycho...SPSS is, I think, the most commonly used in psychology, at least when I was in grad school. What you say about the ease of working with nominal/ordinal variables has a lot to do with that.<br /><br />That said, I still recall--and I can't remember what procedure this was--when I was doing my diss, there was something or other that I simply could not get SPSS to do. Turned out I could run that statistic just fine in EXCEL, of all things!Robinnoreply@blogger.com