OIT does not actively maintain these pages. As a University of Massachusetts student, faculty or staff member, you have access to some of the most respected statistical software at a fraction of the usual cost. Academic Computing's Data Analysis Group provides consulting help on all site-licenced statistical software. The following is a brief description of the availability of statistical software through OIT, either on our central machines, PC classrooms, or through campus site-licenses.
Most statistical software is licensed on an annual basis.
In return for a small yearly fee, you get a password that keeps the software active for a year. For more information on pricing and hardware requirements, contact PCSS at 545-9730. Minitab is useful for simple analyses using small datasets. It can be used for descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, regression, and limited multivariate statistical analyses, but does not have the broad range of techniques available in most of our other statistical software. In addition to statistics, it has procedures for data entry, high-resolution graphics, matrix manipulations, a macro language, and many other features.