ASSESS 2008: Provisional Program & ARRANGEMENTS

ASSESS: SPSS USERS' GROUP, 22nd ANNUAL MEETING
FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2008
UNIVERSITY OF YORK, YORK, UK

The 22nd annual meeting of ASSESS, the SPSS Users' Group, will take place on Friday, 7th November 2008 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

• SPSS company and latest product news; SPSS software demonstrations, SPSS Viz Designer

• Using SPSS Amos for Invariance analysis across cultures: a case study of internet banking acceptance by Charles Dennis, Brunel University

• Applications in R using SPSS by Gilbert MacKenzie, University of Limerick

• The peculiar charm of comma separated variable data by Stephen Brown, Competition Commission

• A tale of UCAS and SPSS:  Taking today's data from an intricate database  and producing comprehensible management-friendly comparative statistics by 10 a.m. by Charles Lee, University of Bolton

• Annual General Meeting of ASSESS; Users’ Question time and Clinic

Registration and coffee begins at 10am. Papers and other events will run from 10.30am to about 5.00pm. Coffee, lunch and afternoon tea are included in the registration fee. A timetable will be e-mailed to delegates in advance of the meeting - a provisional program can be downloaded in PDF format and Word format.