Stata has menu access to most commands, along with the batch-language and interactive-command control demanded by sophisticated users (and those who just happen to run the same sort of thing over and over and over and over with minor changes). While SPSS hits buyers for additional modules that just about all users need, Stata provides nearly all its functions with the base package, which is cheaper than SPSS/PASW base.
Stata is fast, rock solid, frequently updated (with an intelligent updater, unlike SPSS’ insane systems), and inexpensive - at least when compared with SPSS / PASW. Statistics software for statisticians, but accessible to normal people, within reason. SAS has no Mac version (except for JMP) while SPSS’ Mac versions are often broken by the next major system upgrade.Įnter Stata. Today, SPSS and SAS dominate business and academic statistics but SPSS has high prices, time limitations, recent bug-riddled versions, and an apparent inability to make a fast, bug-free user interface. New and improved in Stata 12: automatic memory support, structural equation modeling (SEM), contrasts and pairwise comparisons, multiple imputation, numerous time series additions, contour plots, multilevel/mixed models, ROC analysis, data management, and much more.
Stata 11 for the Macintosh: statistics software review
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