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SPSS for Windows

  • Trial version
  • 3.7
    4363
  • 3.1M
  • V28.0.1
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Updated 2 years ago

Statistics managing app

SPSS is an application that lets you manage your statistics data and research. This development software provides advanced predictive analytics, text analysis, and machine learning algorithms for researchers, government agencies, and survey companies. It can integrate and deploy information to data processing apps and allows organizations to address research problems, predict outcomes, and improve their efficiency. Note, however, that this is the 64bit version. The 32bit is available on a different download link.

App overview

SPSS is a feature-rich app that gives professional users total manipulative control over personal information and collected data. With this software, you can use statistics and other forms of data to create illustrations and graphs to showcase the information gathered. This data analyzer is a versatile instrument with a super responsive GUI. It provides analytical tools through a wide range of functions, all of which are designed to make collating data easier.

Moreover, it offers detailed analysis options that allow you to look deeper into your data and spot trends that you might overlook. You can test hundreds of variables on your data and see how figures would change under different circumstances. SPSS contains multiple advanced features that allow you to maximize your data.

However, users must note that the app is super large in size and takes a long time to install. Moreover, the app is designed strictly for professional use. Users who have no experience with this type of software will have a hard time utilizing its features. There are video tutorials and walk-through guides available. However, it is still challenging to use.

Features and functions

As mentioned, SPSS offers plenty of options for performing advanced data analysis. Inside the software, you will find tools for statistical procedures for great accuracy and quality data interpretation. You will also have options for integration with open-source software via R or Python. Furthermore, it has flexible deployment features, extension addition, and many others.

Among the tools you can use are managing datasets, adding new ones, and configuring visualization options. There is also a transform tab that you can use to compute variables, record samples, and adjust your data parameters. As noted, its powerful analyzing options let you create simulations and find different data patterns. You can also create graphical data representations, generate XML models, run scripts, and access the OMS identifiers.

SPSS also features excellent options for sharing information and analyses and provides automated models for your convenience. It also can operate server versions of IBM SPSS Statistics Base and modules on IBM mainframe servers. More so, it includes full integration with Microsoft Office and comes with a syntax editor.

The user interface of the app offers two displays, and you can toggle both. It displays two tabs on the bottom left of the window, one labeled Data View and the other Variable View. The Data View tab works like a spreadsheet, while the Variable View displays all the factors of each point in a metadata dictionary. The rest of the features are displayed in a plain and organized interface.

Final thoughts

All in all, SPSS is a statistical programming language that you can use to manage information and create decision trees. The app presents users with advanced statistical analysis and forecasting tools that suit large-scale organizations. More than that, it offers a convenient model that lets anyone who purchases it an authenticated user. With this, you can install it on multiple devices and get access to your data anywhere. 

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Cathy Buggs

    I was born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. I started working in a branch of the military before moving into the computer industry in 1979. We moved to Cape Town in 1983 where I worked for a import/export company. I then joined De Beers, where I worked for the next 20 years, rising to become the IT Manager at one of the De Beers mines. I retired in 2007 and since then I have enjoyed a third career as a freelance writer, editor and freelance tutor to disadvantaged students mainly over the internet. I have always had a deep love for English and the written word and have relished writing and expanding my skill set. I love reading and also dabble in many arts and crafts. My husband and I love camping, travelling and using our 4X4 to spend as much time as possible in the wild areas of Southern Africa.

    • Pros

      • Wide range of in-depth analysis tools
      • Various graphic options
      • Full integration with Microsoft Office
      • Numerous sharing options
    • Cons

      • Steep learning curve
      • Large size and slow installation process
      • Designed for professionals
      • Complicated support website
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    App specs

    • License

      Trial version

    • Version

      28.0.1
    • Latest update

    • Platform

      Windows

    • OS

      Windows 8

    • Language

      English

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    SPSS for PC

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    • 3.7
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    • 3.1M
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    User reviews about SPSS

    by radiology mri

    nice to work in spss for statistics evaluation. best to evaluate mean

    by Besjana Rexhepi

    Is a useful program for all the students, mostly for the students of PhD Studies who try to do the best for their surveys.

    by Maryam Inayat

    very helpful for research purpose.things got easy and less time consuming

    by Emad nofal

    yes, I recommend, because It delivers a robust set of features that lets your organization extract actionable insights from its data.

    by Jhay Jhay

    its temporary and cant used it regularly. but overall its very useful

    by Ejigsew Hailu

    I like it it is excellent application that helps me in doing my research

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