Two controversial topics related to the teaching of statistics to psychology students are (a) when to introduce statistical software and (b) which statistical software package to use. The current research looked at the use of statistical software in statistics classes from every university with a psychology program in Canada. Researchers collected data from 321 statistics courses offered to psychology students at 65 Canadian universities and coded the type of statistical software used (if any) in each course. Results show that slightly more than half of all universities introduce software at the introductory level. Point-and-click software is most popular, particularly SPSS. There is a considerable amount of variability in when and which software is introduced to students. Departments can use these data to inform their own practices.

Five main stages generally make up the decision-making processes of transnational students as they select a university. These stages involve problem recognition, search behaviour, evaluative criteria, and purchase and post-purchase evaluation. This article investigates the decision-making processes of international students, particularly selection criteria, relative to attending an overseas university. The study upon which it is based revealed that while many variables such as course offerings, facilities, distance, and fees are important, the major force behind selection criteria is word-of-mouth communication. The research, undertaken with approximately 400 students enrolled in Southeast Asian programmes offered by an Australian university in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, and with transnational students studying in Australia, is described. Strategy options are suggested by which business faculties can take advantage of word-of-mouth communication to enhance transnational offerings.

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