Rudey,
No, no, no....You misunderstand my confusion.
SPSS is no problem. Besides, stata would not handle the stuff that I do. I am a LOT older, and I teach math. When I was in grad school the first time or two, back in the stone age, we actually calculated BY HAND most of the stat tests that you mentioned!
Now, data sets almost analyze themselves with these lovely stat packages.....
I am just speechless at your ideas of grad school in general?!?! I do not know WHERE you went to grad school, but that kind of experience is NOT typical of any of the three places I have been....even in the stone age! Maybe I have been living under a rock?
Is it waxing poetic, tounge-in-cheek sarcasm that my extremely-overworked mind does not comprehend? I just can't imagine anyone saying that "being in grad school is awesome"!
Silver