DSS Computing Resources
Data and Statistical Services

Need help?
The Data Lab (Firestone Library - A.12G) offers walk-in hours without an appointment for help with statistical packages and social science methodology weekdays from 2-5 pm.
For other times, you can make an appointment. Please limit to 1 appointment for the service per day.
Contact Us
The DSS Lab is located in Firestone Library (A.12G)
Hardware
- 13 PCs w/Windows 10 and 28" monitors
- 1 Scanner (click here for instructions on how to use. Must bring USB to extract scanned files)
- Printer
Statistics software
- Stata/SE 9-17 (32/64 bit) (also available in all OIT clusters)
- Stata/MP 17 (64 bit)
- SPSS 28 (PASW)
- SAS 9.4
- R, RStudio
- MATLAB
- Python 2.7/3.6 (Anaconda suite)
Conversion software
- Stat/Transfer (click here for instructions on how to use)
Compression software
- 7-Zip (freeware)
From PDF to Excel/Word
- OmniPage 18 (OCR text recognition, only in the computer attached to the scanner. Must bring USB to extract files). Click here for instructions on how to use.