Sunday, September 30, 2018

Get going with SPSS

Data Science is trending. What with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, learning to work with statistical analysis tools will take you far.

Here is an IBM one liner for SPSS:

"Propel research & analysis with a fast and powerful solution"

SPSS is an acronym for Statistical Software for Social Sciences. Its beginnings dates back to 1968 and it was acquired by IBM in 2009. Files created by this software have the extension .sav. SPSS outputs tables and charts that can processed by MS Word, Google Docs, Open Office, etc.

SPSS can be used for editing and analyzing data similar to other software such as R, Excel, Python, etc.

Here is a PR demo from IBM




More SPSS stuff here:



You could get a copy for free for a short term.

You could the free version for 14 days. The free version also has the following Add-ons.

Custom Tables & Advanced Statistics Users
Custom Tables and Advanced Statistics Add-on provides easy to use drag and drop interactive tables exportable to Microsoft/PDF. You can access a variety of additional techniques such as; Non-linear, logistic, 2-stage least squares regression, Generalized linear modeling and survival analysis. Additionally, Bayesian Statistics now available.
Complex Sampling & Testing Users
Complex Sampling and Testing Add-on provides functionality for small sample sizes, missing data , and complex sampling. You can access regression with optimal scaling including lasso and elastic net. Additional features include; categorical principal components analysis, multidimensional scaling and unfolding, and multiple correspondence analysis.
Forecasting & Decision Trees Users
Forecasting and Decision Trees Add-on provides ARIMA and exponential smoothing forecasting capabilities. Classification and decision trees based on four established tree-growing algorithms are also available. You can also create neural network predictive models as well as RFM analysis to test marketing campaigns.

Each of the add-ons costs $79.00

Go to this link and fill out the form for free download:


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