Software Reviews : SYSTAT 7.0 and SPSS 7.5 A Review Essay With Emphasis on SYSTAT Publisher: SPSS,Inc. Year of publication: 1997 Version reviewed: 7.0 Materials: CD-ROM (floppy disk version also available),five printed manuals Price: $995,upgrade $214,site licenses and steeply discounted student version available and System requirements: Intel 386 or above (486 or above recommended by manufacturer);Windows 3.1,Windows 95,or Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0;4 MB RAM (8 MB recommended by manufacturer);29 MB hard disk space;VGA (SVGA recommended by manufacturer) Effectiveness: Excellent User friendliness: Adequate,but could be better Documentation: Excellent with some exceptions

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