1981—Meanwhile, back at AAI | ||
Abt Microcomputer Software |
Even as the extended Follow Through episode soaked up at least my statutory full time, I dived into “my” Apple and learned how to program it. Meanwhile, other computer enthusiasts at Abt Associates were also diverting their alleged spare time into projects that interested them (see the price list)) :
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Meanwhile, I undertook to automate the sample-design procedures that had been my bread and butter since 1968. By the time Clark began to see the microcomputer field as a potential profit center, I had produced SampleCalc, “a convenient and powerful development and instructional tool for surveys. experiments and statistical analysis…based upon Jacob Cohen’s classic work, Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, published by Academic Press (New York, 1977),” as its marketing blurb proclaimed.
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