The statistical package chosen to aid in teaching quantitative methods is at the instructor’s discretion, but little research has investigated student attitude toward these different packages. This study compared Google Sheets, a spreadsheet package similar to Microsoft Excel, and a traditional package, SPSS, to determine which of the two programs students preferred to use. One hundred and thirty-nine students enrolled in a quantitative methods course completed surveys at the middle and end of the semester during Spring 2016 and Fall 2016. The results suggested Google Sheets was preferred to SPSS at both time points, and attitudes toward Google Sheets improved over time. Further research could investigate the perspectives of students in other levels of experience with statistics and other statistical packages.

选择用于辅助定量方法教学的统计软件包是由教师决定的，但是很少有研究调查学生对这些不同软件包的态度。这项研究比较了Google表格（类似于Microsoft Excel的电子表格程序包）和传统程序包SPSS，以确定学生偏爱使用这两个程序中的哪一个。参加定量方法课程的139名学生在2016年春季和2016年秋季学期中旬和学期末完成了调查。结果表明，在两个时间点上Google表格都优于SPSS，并且对Google表格的态度有所改善随着时间的推移。进一步的研究可能会调查学生在统计学和其他统计软件包方面的其他经验水平。