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PSPP - open source alternative to stats software SPSSskyrock - November 7, 2008 - 10:21pm
PSPP is currently the most viable open source GNU alternative to SPSS which is almost essential for any social sciences researcher. The ability to carry it in a portable hard disk or usb drive would be a god-send. ( categories: )
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GNU R would be better and what about Octave
A stats package would be great. However for all its claimed compatibility with SPSS the GNU PSPP has loads of omissions. The R Project's R system has everything that SPSS (and BMD and Systat) has with the exception of the control language.
While we're about it the Mathematica equivalent Octave would be a complementary package to add.
R
Someone has already made a launcher http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~aredd/site/?q=node/2
Way to go :-)
That's fantastic. Will have to wait until later in the week when I'm back at my customer site to try it out but having R there and on my Mac is great.
Now to find a version of Octave that can be portableapp-ised.
Hmmm,
Octave, in the meantime you could test FreeMat Portable
Prefer to play Octaves
Freemat may already be portable but I already use Octave on my Mac. I'd like to have Octave available when I am forced to use a PC.
...i'm still interested in
...i'm still interested in PSPP portable... any chances this will be avalaible soon?
regards,
Mosthated
Hi Mosthated, I just copied
Hi Mosthated,
I just copied my existing installation of PSPP from the harddrive to my pendrive ad it seems to work on another computer. Haven't tested it very hard, but it might be a solution.
Good luck and let me hear if it works for you too!