please share some of your experiences. I am going to start the study of staistics, but have no idea which software should be selected. Anyone knows which software would have brighter future than others? Thanks so much for any of your suggestion or information.
huaixuexi 发表于 2009-10-27 03:00
please share some of your experiences. I am going to start the study of staistics, but have no idea which software should be selected. Anyone knows which software would have brighter future than others? Thanks so much for any of your suggestion or information.
well. That depends. If you only want to perform basic analyze, excel and miniTab, are enough. If you want to find a job, SAS may be helpful. If you want to do some scientific analysis, R would be the best choice. People who study Sociology might prefer SPSS. Or maybe your department provide Stata free for students.
If you learn just statistics, choose SAS. If you want some externality of a software on other subjects after you finish studying statistics, such as dynamic system analysis, solve equations, simulation and etc., choose MATLAB or GAUSS.