StatView

Abstract: StatView may be installed from a CD and comes with two manuals `Using StatView' and `StatView reference'. According to the manual, StatView was designed to `be simple, ̄exible and powerful' and to do everything `starting from data spreadsheets and going all the way through your project to fullcolor presentation'. We review the package in view of these aims by concentrating on the following topics: the StatView environment, data entry and manipulation, statistical analyses and graphics. So far we have used this package for the purpose of the review only and so may have missed some strengths or weaknesses.

Abstract: Seven general-purpose statistical computing packages for the Apple Macintosh computer are reviewed. Data Desk, JMP, Minitab, Statistica/Mac, Statview (with SuperANOVA), and SYSTAT. MacAnova is discussed in the Appendix. Because the packages are often different in their target audiences and approaches, they are reviewed separately but using the same outline. A feature table and a general discussion with recommendations follow the individual reviews.

Abstract: We describe a plan for integrating an experimental control language, PsyScope, into under-graduate laboratory exercises of perceptual and cognitive experiments on Macintosh computers. PsyScope is a powerful and versatile system with which students can modify standard research paradigms and execute experiments of their own design, thus facilitating student-initiated independent research. Data are summarized with a general-purpose program, PsySquash, for import into Statview or SuperAnova for further analysis. This system provides an effective means of implementing student projects.