SAS Institute products are available to UVM affiliates at no cost. SAS modules in this site license include Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/ETS, SAS/FSP, SAS/AF, SAS/OR, SAS/QC, SAS/IML, SAS/ASSIST, SAS/INSIGHT, SAS/LAB, SAS/EIS, SAS/ACCESS, SAS/SPECTRAVIEW, and several others.
Release 9.1.3 is the current Windows version. SAS 9.1.3 will run under only Windows NT 4.0 (with SP6a or higher), Windows 2000 Professional (with SP3), and Windows XP Professional (with SP2). Windows Vista is also supported, but the setup executable must be run in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode.
Release 8.2 is also available and will run under all versions of Windows from Windows 95 through Vista.
The SAS version for Macintosh is no longer licensed due to declining usage. SAS Institute never updated the Macintosh version from 6.12 to 8, and has no plans to introduce a version of SAS to run under Mac OS X. For these reasons, the Macintosh version has been dropped from our site license.
Version 8 includes a CD containing online documentation in HTML format. Printed manuals are available separately and may be ordered through the University store or directly from SAS Institute, Inc..
In the spring of 2007, ETS signed a new contract with SPSS, Inc. to provide unlimited usage of SPSS Inc. products, including Windows and Macintosh versions, to all UVM affiliates at no cost. The modules which have been licensed include Base SPSS, Advanced Models, Regression Models, Tables, Trends, and Categories.
The current release for Windows 2000/XP/Vista is 15.0.1 and can be downloaded from UVM's software download page. The current Macintosh OS X release (version 16.0) requires OS X version 10.4 or higher, a PowerPC or Intel processor, 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended), 800 MB of hard disk space, a color monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution, and a CD-ROM drive (for installation). Version 13 for PowerPC processors is also available for those who do not have OS X 10.4 or higher.
Version 15 and 16 manuals are included as PDF files on a separate CD. Version 15 manuals can be downloaded from here and version 16 manuals can be downloaded from here. Paper copies of manuals may be ordered through the University store or directly from SPSS Inc. Information about SPSS manuals and publications can be found in the publications web page at SPSS Inc..
In the summer of 2004, ETS signed an Annual Enterprise License with Minitab, Inc. which provides unlimited usage of Minitab 15 for Windows to the UVM community. Minitab is widely used at UVM in introductory statistics courses and is an easy-to-use basic statistical analysis package. Any UVM affiliate can download a copy of Minitab at no charge from the software download page. Manuals are included in the download package as PDF files.
S-PLUS is the commercial version of the S-language, a powerful and comprehensive statistical programming language. S-PLUS includes a graphical user interface and is similar to the open source program R. ETS, in cooperation with the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, has a limited 75 user license for S-PLUS, which includes several add-on modules such as Spatial Statistics, Environmental Statistics, FinMetrics, and Wavelets. Version 8.0.4 is the newest release, with versions available for Windows, 32-bit Linux, and Solaris. The license also allows unlimited usage by students when installed on student-owned computers. For more information or installation media, contact Alan Howard.
As of the last modified date at the bottom of this page, there are approximately 40 licenses remaining in our 75 user license. There is no charge for an S-PLUS license.
In the summer of 2007, ETS purchased a campus-wide license for GraphPad Prism, a biostatistical analysis program designed for the practical scientist. It includes the usual battery of statistical tests, along with curve-fitting (nonlinear regression) using a number of pre-defined equations, plus a wide variery of scientific graphs. The latest version is Prism 5 and is available for both Windows and Macintosh from UVM's software download page.
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