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Gauss 12, the quantitative analysis software, is now available for installation on Wesleyan Windows computers (32- or 64-bit). This software runs on a network license that requires internet connectivity. In addition, from off campus, you will need to u…

We recently upgraded MATLAB on our compute server to 2012a. This is the installation you would use over ssh in a terminal session. Some users also use the license manager on this server version to launch their software locally. Since the upgrade, however, we have found unanticipated difficulties launching the local installations. We are working […]

Minutes of the General Social Sciences Computing Committee Meeting Sept 30, 2011 10:30-12 in PAC Lounge Compiled by Giulio Gallarotti Attended by Giulio Gallarotti (chair), Government and CSS: Scott  Plous, Psychology; Daniela Gandolfo, Anthropology; Bill Craighead, Economics: Justine Quijada, Religion: Eric Grimmer-Solem, PAC  and History; Daniel Long, Sociology; Kendall Hobbs, Library: Ann Tanasi, AAs; Kevin […]

Congratulations to Andrea Patalano in Psychology on the launch of the new website for her Research and Decision Making (RDM) Lab. You’ll find the new site at: http://patalanolab.research.wesleyan.edu

SSCC Agenda for September 30, 2011 Meeting on 2nd Floor PAC Conference room at 10:30 New equipment in PAC New wireless networks, wireless coverage Pilot testing of the Mahara portfolio application Karen Warren (Director of User and Technical Services) will attend to answer questions and hear concerns regarding general ITS systems, services, policies and desktop […]

Amos 19 is now available for installation on Wesleyan-owned Windows computers. Contact your Desktop Support Specialist for installation. We will also add Amos 19 to the lab and classroom computers, but it will take a few weeks before it is integrated i…

SPSS 19 is now available for installation on faculty (Wesleyan-owned) computers, both Mac and Windows. We’ll be putting it on the lab and classroom computers, too, but that cycle will take a couple weeks for the labs, and longer for the classrooms, because we do not automatically reimage them during the semester. You can let […]

Here’s a notice of an online event that may be of interest: ICPSR Webinar: Guidance on Preparing a Data Management Plan Join us for a Webinar on February 17 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/210595795 Back by popular demand: Many federal funding agencies, including NIH and most recently NSF, are requiring […]

The Chronicle of Higher Ed has just posted an interesting piece about the Policy Agendas Project at UT Austin. The project tracks the popularity of policy issues in Congressional records of various kinds. Visitors can download the datasets for free, or they can use the interactive graphing tools to look for interesting trends. Seems like […]

SAS users who would like to get the most recent updates to version 9.2 should contact their Desktop Support Specialist about installation. Wesleyan users also have new access to free online SAS training. You will need to take a few minutes to create a SAS profile. Instructions and an access code are available to Wesleyan […]