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ASSESS: SPSS USERS' GROUP, 21st ANNUAL MEETING
FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2007
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, YORK, UK

The 21st annual meeting of ASSESS, the SPSS Users' Group, will take place on Friday, 9th November 2007 at the Alcuin Research Resource Centre (ARRC) in the Dept. of Health Sciences, University of York. ASSESS is an independent user group for SPSS, a computer package for analysing and presenting data. It is run by users, for users and is completely independent of manufacturers of the software. The meeting is open to all users of SPSS and to anyone interested in SPSS. Postgraduate students pay a reduced registration fee. A programme and form is available in word format and also in pdf format for your convenience.

Come along to:

• hear SPSS users talk about applications,the problems and solutions
• hear the latest news from SPSS UK staff about product developments,and put your questions to them
• question a panel of experts about particular problems
• exchange ideas with other SPSS users
• plan for an even better user group

• 10.00: REGISTRATION & COFFEE
  
  
• 10.30: Welcome and introduction to the meeting by Peter Watson, chair of ASSESS
  
  
• 10.45: How and why to document data for long-term storage, and what's special about GI (geographical) data? by Allan Reese, CEFAS
  
  
• 11.20: Making the world a better place with SPSS: analysing & predicting charity donor behaviour using SPSS Base  by John Sauve-Rodd, Datapreneurs
  
  
• 11.55-12.05: COFFEE BREAK
  
  
• 12.05: Applications of OMS by Gilbert MacKenzie, University of Limerick
  
• 12.40: SPSS company and product news: SPSS Version 16.0 by Jarlath Quinn (SPSS).
  
  
• 1.15-2.15: LUNCH
  
  
• 2.50: Multivariate aspects of testing the savannah hypothesis of shopping by Charles Dennis, Brunel University

  
  
• 3.25: Mousing with SPSS: useful point and click by Frances Provan, University of Edinburgh
  
  
• 4.00-4.20: TEA
  
  
• 4.20: Annual General Meeting of ASSESS;
  
  
• 4.50: Informal discussion, product demonstration etc
  
  
• 5.00: CLOSE