An Evaluation of Statistical Software in the Social Sciences Several hundred college and university computer installations now offer various types of statistical packages for general use. Among those most widely available are OSIRIS, SPSS, BMD, DATA-TEXT, and TSAR. In order to provide users with a basis for selection and use, tests were made for each of these systems, and the results are summarized as to cost and performance. CACM June, 1974 Slysz, W. D. statistical computation, statistical software, descriptive statistics, bivariate tables, Pearson correlation, regression, factor analysis, one-way analysis of variance 1.3 3.30 4.19 4.22 4.49 5.5 CA740612 JB January 17, 1978 2:54 PM 2634 5 2634 2634 5 2634 2634 5 2634