Operating system options
SPSS Inc. announces the availability of SPSS-X™ and SPSS-X Tables™ for Control Data CYBER 180 computer systems under the Network Operating System/Virtual Environment (NOS/VE). SPSS-X contains more than 50 advanced data analysis and modeling procedures that are well-suited to many applications in business and scientific research, including marketing research, product testing, statistical quality control and health care analysis. SPSS-X Tables, an option to the SPSS-X system, displays results of analyses or summarized data in several presentation-quality formats, including complex stub-and-banner tables. Contact SPSS Inc., 444 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60611.
Micro/PC report services
Information services for marketers of microcomputer hardware, software, peripherals and related products are now available from Future Computing, Inc. Computing's VAR's Database service provides information for client prospecting, direct mail, telemarketing and targeted marketing campaigns. Continuously updated, the database includes profiles for nearly 3,000 micro/PC and minicomputer VARs, indexed by geographic region, vertical market focus and products sold. The database is available in hard-copy form or data diskette. Contact Datapro Research Corp., 1805 Underwood Blvd., Delran NJ 08075.
Outpatient profile
The Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities (CPHA) Publications Unit now offers comprehensive data on ambulatory surgery in its new publication, the National Outpatient Profile (NOP). This annual publication provides utilization, volume and charge data from 144 ambulatory surgery facilities and their parent acute-care hospitals. The NOP is derived from an in-patient/outpatient database, including nearly 290,00 outpatients and more than a million inpatients. This provides users with a national sample of day surgery patients as well as inpatient data for comparison.
Statistics publication
Data Analysis Group specializes in analyzing and reporting information on the microcomputer hardware and software markets such as forecasts, sales, shipments, market share and usage. In addition to market research, the firm publishes Computer Industry Abstracts, a business statistics publication with facts and figures on sales and shipment forecasts, market share and consumer usage. For a complimentary issue of Computer Industry Abstracts, contact Data Analysis Group, 4387 Valle Dr., La Mesa CA 92041.
Projector system
Audiscan announces Spectra II projector system designed to show both transparencies and slides from one unit. The Spectra II, produced for use in a variety of presentation environments, allows both transparencies and slides to be shown without changing machines. Contact Craig Miller, Audiscan Products Co., 1412 130th Ave. N.E., P.O. Box 1456, Bellevue WA 98009.
Affluent market study
Find/SVP announces "The Affluent Market" a study which helps marketers focus on what segment of the affluent market they should target. Each chapter is split into four sections that examine the market according to four distinct definitions: Household income over $50,000; The top quintile; Net worth over $250,000; and Spendable discretionary income. Contact Lisa S. Mercer/Clare Midgley, G.S. Schwartz & Co.
Data screening enhancement
National Planning Data Corp. announces the first in a series of major enhancements to the MAX Online Demographic Data Management and Reporting System. This first enhancement, available in September, concerns modifications to the data screening features of MAX bringing users much more analytical flexibility to meet their particular demographic data applications. These new data screening features are invoked using the new CREATE command. Available at any level of MAX geography, CREATE will let users retrieve the geography of interest - Census tracts, ZIP codes, counties - based on demographic as well as geographic relationships. Contact National Planning Data Corp., P.O. Box 610, Ithaca, NY 14851.
Footwear study
MRCA Information Services and the Footwear Industry Assn. announce "Dress and Casual Footwear: Changing Consumer Preferences." David Zuger, Stuart Pearlman & Co., 4 Landmark Sq., Stamford CT 06901.