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Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions -- The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling Volume II, Technical Papers (1991) / Chapter Skim
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... The popularity of the IBM PC, the availability of other statistical analysis tools for it, and its ever-increasing power have made support for these other platforms unnecessary. Availability, Customer Base, and Technical Support The 1984 version of SPSD/M is available from Statistics Canada for CAN $5,ooo.l6 This price includes the SPSD based on 1984 data, future delivery of the SPSD based on 1986 data, parameter files for the 10 scenarios described earlier, and SPSD/hI software, including C language source code and several additional software facilities to be delivered in the future (e.g., a hypothetical 1SThe original IBM PC used a clock rate of 4 MHz, while the IBM PC/AT runs at 8 MHz.
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