SAS, SPSS, or Systat?

[Vernon Keenan]

In article <2m277v$5rq at emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> Jeffrey  Nipp,
jnipp at cc.emory.edu writes:
>We have access to site liscenced copies of the windows versions of SAS, 
>SPSS and Systat.  We are looking for an easy to use stat package which 
>will handle clinical research studies with tens to hundreds of patients 
>and multiple variables.  I am nearly statistics illiterate, and the rest 
>of the lab is not much better, so HELP facilities are a big plus as 
>well.  Any suggestions on which package would be best?  From looking at 
>the manuals, Systat looks to be the easiest to use, but we'd like to
hear 
>it form someone who knows what they are talking about!  :)

In the commercial, i.e. pharmaceutical and biotechnology, world SAS is
the _only_ package that FDA feels comfortable with. Another advantage of
SAS is the plentiful availability of biostatistical consultants who know
the package.

If you're not doing a new drug study for FDA reporting, then go with
Systat. Good Macintosh programs for survey statistics and epidemiological
work are StatView and Data Desk.

Vern
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