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SPSS is a statistics package. Originally released in 1968, it is currently owned by IBM.

SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a proprietary cross-platform general-purpose statistical software package. Originally released in 1968, it is currently owned by IBM. SPSS's homepage

Versions 17 and 18 of SPSS were renamed with the acronym PASW (for Predictive Analytics SoftWare), but with version 19 it has been renamed to SPSS (see Wikipedia for a history of the name changes). One unique aspect of SPSS software compared to other popular propriety software packages (such as Stata or SAS) is the built in functionality to call Python or R commands within syntax. Otherwise it is largely comparable to other general proprietary and freeware packages (such as R), although it differs in some advanced statistical capabilities and aspects of data manipulation.

Suggested readings on using SPSS and learning the command syntax are two online PDF's.

Other useful print versions are

Other forums entirely devoted to the software are (and suggested material to search when encountering a problem with SPSS are):

Other suggested webpages are

PSPP is a free-ware, open source alternative largely mimicking the look and functionality of SPSS. You can also use SPSS with other software like R.

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Non-programmer, ascii file data extract (can I even learn to code?)

As the title says, I'm not a programmer. I've tried R before, got very confused and abandoned it. I'm a physician, and I do all my statistics either with SPSS or Excel. I'd like to learn some coding for when I get into problems like this: I have…
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Running Logistic Regression in R

I'm running logistic regression in R for the first time. Usually I do this in SPSS but my output in R is different. In SPSS I'd run it like this: LOGISTIC REGRESSION VARIABLES benefits /METHOD=ENTER hhinc_band /CONTRAST…
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Pandas install or import in IBM SPSS Statistics Version 26

I have installed the latest version of IBM SPSS Statistics(Version 26) which has pre installed python 3.4 and 2.7. i am trying to use version 3.4 python. i am able to import modules like pip , sys , os etc. i tried pandas the same way. i am unable…
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How to put BEGIN PROGRAM-END PROGRAM structure inside a macro?

I wrote a Python script for SPSS that I need to use a couple of times in a syntax. Thus, I would like to avoid repeating BEGIN PROGRAM-END PROGRAM. structure more than once. I decided to place it within a macro but sadly it doesn't work even though…
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SPSS Median, Average- In between P5 and P95

I do have SPSS dataset, and need the P10,P25,Mean, Median, P75, P90 values by excluding the below P5 and above P95 values. Below image Column E is my Original Data and my Median value is $322.10 Calculated P5 & P95 in E1 and E2 cells. Now, have…
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Marking strings in one list that exist in another list

I have 2 lists of values in 2 variables, which contain ZIP-codes in string, as they have numbers and letters. My first list contains 33.000 ZIP-codes, the second list 1400. Now I want to check if my ZIP-codes from the second variable are also in the…
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How do I map (x, y) to one value?

I have a sets of coordinates before and after 'data cleaning', essentially adjusting coordinates gathered by participants so they better represent the true values. I'm looking to make a graph to describe the effect of the data cleaning (true on the…
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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'errMsg'

This is a python program that interacts with SPSS. I didn't write it, but I'm trying to get it to run. It is from 2008. import os,sys from errMsg import errTable from errMsg import StrError from os.path import exists import ConfigParser
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How do I manage missing data due to logic question SPSS?

I had a question on my questionnaire that asked living arrangements and if participants selected option B or C they got asked another question. All data on SPSS for those who selected A is coming up as a '.' as they obviously did not get to see the…
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SPSS MIXED: Pairwise comparisons on interaction covariate (continuous) x factor (categorical)

I have 77 subjects, 1 continuous DV (activation), 2 continuous IVs (score1 and score2) and 1 categorical IV (condition) with 2 levels. Each subject undergoes both conditions. I code the model as: MIXED activation BY condition WITH score1 score2 …
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Tests of Between-Subjects Effects

I use from code R for table Tests of Between-Subjects Effects calculate in spss but results are diffrent and really I don't know that why are the reasons? , please help me . thanka…
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Defining missing values in R?

I'm interested in learning more about system missings in R and would be grateful for any advice. For example, in SPSS this is fairly straightforward and I would usually do the following: *Define missing values using 8 and 9 MISSING VALUES income…
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How to assign same number encoding to several categories in SPSS?

I have a dataset in SPSS with categorical variables: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Regularly, Always; and I want to encode them for analysis. I need to assign the value 0 to the first 3 categories, but SPSS doesn't seem to let me to. I have tried to…
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Multiple Linear Regression: a Significant Anova but NO significant coeffecient predictors?

Multiple Linear Regression: a Significant ANOVA but NO significant coefficient predictors? I have ran a multiple regression on 2 IVs to predict a dependant, all assumptions have been met, the ANOVA has a significant result but the coefficient table…
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Box plot legend

I am using box plot to visualise some data, and I want to add some information in graph like this boxplot-with-legend. Does anyone know how can I add this in SPSS?
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