Ef. Rosen et al., AN INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS CLASS AND EXAMINATION USING SPSS PC/, Behavior research methods, instruments, & computers, 26(2), 1994, pp. 242-244
SPSS/PC was integrated into lecture and an examination in introductory
statistics. Students were given an anonymous questionnaire after a tr
aditional examination and again after an examination with SPSS/PC. The
x wanted more theory and derivation and were ambivalent about SPSS/PC
in lecture. The computer test decreased computational error fears. Stu
dents preferred the more realistic questions which the computer permit
ted. Test performance was not significantly different. The results sug
gest that statistical packages should be used in later courses rather
than in introductory statistics.