Get SAS and SPSS

Students and Faculty can get SAS through the Walk-In IT Help Desk (Formerly the Technology Resource Center) in Austin 103 by borrowing the installation CDs. According to our contract, SAS requires that each individual who installs SAS on his or her machine fill out a consent form and a short questionnaire about usage The grant we have gives them the right to use SAS as long as they are associated with the university (during the grant period, of course). The software can also be renewed and/or downloaded without ever setting foot in Austin -- see these instructions. If you are installing from CDs, you may find it helpful to have a look at my notes on the installation I did in August of 2008.

If you have a Mac you will either need to connect remotely to a PC in our Virtual Computing Lab or use software that allows your Mac to emulate a PC. Here is what Gloria Schwarz told me about such software in August of 2008:

There are two programs VM ($79.00) and Parallel ($89.00) that work on MACS to run Windows so that they can use Windows versions software on their Mac.

This was for those who need SAS for a Mac which is not available – so they would have to one or the other installed on the MAC and then ask for the Windows version and they should be good. I know SAS supports Parallel for sure but not sure on VM. I am told overall that VM is the better of the two products and it should work.

Any questions give me an call, be happy to help.

Gloria Schwartz, IT Support Specialist, schwartzg@ecu.edu, Austin Bldg 137, 328-9129.

CD’s, license and installation instructions can be picked up in the Walk-In IT Help Desk (Formerly the Technology Resource Center) located in Austin 103. The software can also be renewed and/or downloaded without ever setting foot in Austin -- see these instructions. Students get the same version that faculty get, not a cut-down version.

Can also be downloaded, but not by students. Our site license does not allow Amos to be used by students. Sorry, graduate students, you will just have to learn to do your structural equation modeling with SAS Calis.