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TSS Director: Tom Van Gilder
vangildertm@appstate.edu

Main Office: 262-6272
Tech Support: 262-6266
Walkin Support: 262-TECH (8324)

Location: 2073 Raley Hall

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Statistical Software Support

 

This position is currently vacant, and we are in the process of searching to fill this position.

 

The posting of this can be found at higheredjobs.com.

Position Description: The primary responsibility for this position is to provide statistical consulting for faculty, staff, and students. Additionally, this position is responsible for conducting workshops on the use of statistical software, writing documentation on the use of statistical software, monitoring statistical software contracts, and maintaining various production applications. Successful applicants will be expected to have knowledge of theoretical and applied statistics and have experience with statistical software systems supported by Technology Support Services (SAS, JMP, SPSS, Amos, Minitab, Systat, SigmaPlot, and Sample Power).

 

TSS provides statistical consulting in support of instruction, research and administrative needs, and offers training in the use of supported statistical software. A consultant is available to assist faculty, students and staff in the statistical analysis of their research data. Workshops covering the use of supported statistical software are held at the beginning of each semester, and in addition, workshops designed for a specific group can be scheduled at any time. Introductory level documentation is available for SAS and SPSS. Computer scoring of multiple choice and T/F tests is provided, and instruction in the use of this service is available.

Send questions and comments pertaining to Statistical Software at Appalachian State University to:  stathelp@appstate.edu

 

 

Statistical Software available at ASU

SPSS - Statistical Package for the Social Sciences

  • Version 14.0 on Windows and 11.0.4 for Mac
  • Base SPSS, Advanced Statistics, Regression Models, Tables and Trends
  • available to faculty and staff for home computers (submit request to the Computer Support Center)

SAS

All SAS software has been provided free as part of a $3 million grant from SAS Institute to the University of North Carolina system.

  • Version 9.1.3 on the Alpha/VMS cluster and Windows
  • Base SAS, SAS/STAT, plus 20 subsystems
  • Enterprise Guide - point and click access to SAS
  • JMP - interactive statistical graphics (for Windows and Mac)
  • SAS Enterprise Miner for Data Mining
  • available to faculty, staff and students for home computers (submit request to the Computer Support Center)

Minitab Windows, release 14 / Mac version 10.5Xtra
SigmaPlot Scientific graphing
SYSTAT Windows, version 11
AMOS Structural Equation Modeling
Sample Power Compute power for a specified sample size