The stats book you wish you had as an undergrad senior?

[sdt13]

I can also recommend some texts if you're interested in learning a specific program. In addition to SPSS, I just took a class where I learned R, SAS, and JMP.

 

[BeingThere]

That's what's great about reading about the statistical techniques in research articles, DarwinAG!  I have a plethora of examples of what I don't know yet.  ;-)

 

Okay, when I know as much about stats as Michael Zickar, I'll take a breather. 

[BeingThere]

Thanks, Sdt13.  I've heard good things about the Howell text. 

 

I only know SPSS so far.  I am not sure if my school offers students SAS licenses, but of course I could get R.  I have not heard of JMP outside of this forum.

 

This may seem like a lame question, but is it worth it to get familiar with other stats software?  I am sure it would make me seem more marketable come grad app time.  But are there advantages beyond that?

[sdt13]

With my experience, R, SAS, and JMP are almost useless for me (SPSS's user interface is the easiest by far). The only thing I like better is JMP's graph building feature. Honestly, I only took that class because one professor (who seems to dislike SPSS) said that R is up and coming in psychology, but I have yet to see that anywhere. The only other package I know some of the grad students at my school are picking up is STATA. 

 

[3point14]

With my experience, R, SAS, and JMP are almost useless for me (SPSS's user interface is the easiest by far). The only thing I like better is JMP's graph building feature. Honestly, I only took that class because one professor (who seems to dislike SPSS) said that R is up and coming in psychology, but I have yet to see that anywhere. The only other package I know some of the grad students at my school are picking up is STATA. 

 

My professor this semester encouraged us to use R. I really love it, but I agree that the SPSS interface is quite polished.