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Cons: It could have a few more 'How To' lessons and ad in some data sets to play with, but overall it is solid! Overall: I can use it for both teaching the skills of statistics as well as use it on small and large data sets for research. The accuracy of this software is equal to SPS or SAS or even R.
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