Click on each link below to find out more about which procedures and functions are in each SPSS module. SPSS Statistics Base Advanced Statistics AMOS Bootstrapping Categories Complex Samples Conjoint Custom Tables Data Preparation Decision Trees Direct Marketing Exact Tests Forecasting Missing Values Neural Networks Regression SPSS subscriptions SPSS bundles
In order to complete an upgrade to V29 you will need to have an up to date support and maintenance contract with Smart Vision. If you do not have an up to date support contract then it is possible to buy reinstatement licences to get the upgrade organised. If you would like to investigate this …
In September this year, IBM released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 29 introduces some new analysis procedures and includes more recent versions of R and Python Parametric Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) Models Version 29 brings a new addition to the SPSS family of Survival analysis procedures. Unlike the existing Life Tables, Kaplan-Meier and …
What’s new in SPSS version 27? Correlations output now includes the ability to show only the lower triangle of values, suppress the diagonal coefficients and calculate confidence intervals. One-Sample, Independent-Samples and Paired-SamplesProportionTests have been added to the base system. McDonald’sOmega has been added to the suite of reliability analysis procedures. RestorePoint functionality that saves data …
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IBM is about to release the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Here’s a summary of some of the new enhancements that existing users can look forward to. Meta-analysis Meta-analysis is a well-established analytical approach that combines the results from a range of studies with a view to estimating the effect size of the treatment in question. …
Correlation is a term that we employ in everyday speech to denote things that appear to have a mutual relationship. In the world of analytics correlations are specific values that are calculated in order quantify the relationships between variables. This kind of analysis is powerful because it allows us measure the association between factors such as …
The chi-squared test is used to examine differences with between fields with different categories and to determine whether those differences are significant.
The real world, whether it be the physical world, for example machines, or the natural world, for example human and animal behaviour, is very complex with many factors, some unknown, determining their behaviour and responses to interventions. Even if every contributory factor to a phenomenon is known, it is unrealistic to expect that the unique …
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When you’re conducting any kind of statistical analysis, it’s vital that you select the correct tests to perform, given the characteristics of your data and the analytics outcomes that you’re hoping for. If you don’t choose the right tests then the results you generate can be meaningless and this can lead to business decisions being …
From time to time we come across IBM SPSS Statistics or Modeler customers who need to install the product on a computer without internet access, or who have a firewall that is preventing the License Activation Wizard from working. It is still possible to install your software in this situation – simply follow the instructions …
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IBM SPSS Advanced Analytical Products, including IBM SPSS Statistics and IBM SPSS Modeler, can be implemented and licensed in different ways. How your organisation invests in, licenses and implements these tools will depend on its requirements. This page explains and compares the options, or you can watch the quick video guide below. Licence length or term …
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In order for Smart Vision Europe Ltd to be able to assist you with the transfer of an SPSS license from one computer to another you will need to be able to demonstrate one of the following: Have an up to date support and maintenance contract with Smart Vision Europe Ltd To have had a …
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You can easily change language from English to another language of your choice directly within SPSS Statistics. This can be done in the Edit menu by selecting ‘options’ and then ‘language’. You can change the language of three different aspects of SPSS – your output, the user interface and the character encoding for data and …
If you opt for a concurrent user license then you can install SPSS on as many machines as you like, as long as it is only ever used by one person at a time. To control this you would install SPSS License Manager. The license manager is a separate application which will need to be …
When your licence comes to an end you will need to buy a licences, you do not need to reinstall the software you simply need to update your license activation code. We will supply you with a new code at the point at which you buy the new software licence. To update it, simply follow …
After you’ve purchased SPSS software from us you’ll be able to download it from our website. After your purchase you will receive the following email containing your username and a link to set up your password. Clicking the link will open your web browser to the following page allowing you to set a personal password. …
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Sometimes it can be useful to know which SPSS modules you have installed and are licensed for. There’s a simple syntax command that can give you this information quickly and easily. Our video guide shows you how, or check out the written instructions below. Checking which modules are installed First, open a new syntax window …
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We’re often asked how you can change the appearance of the tables that SPSS generates as output. In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates two different ways to do this, either by choosing a different table look in the edit / options function, or by editing the table properties directly yourself.
In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates how to merge data files within SPSS Statistics using each of the two main methods, either adding cases (combining files with the same fields but additional rows) or adding variables (combining files by joining variables to a target file using something like an ID field as a ‘keyed variable’).
SPSS users often want to be able to create grouped or banded data from continuous fields such as, for example, creating age groups or income bands from continuous fields. In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates how to use the visual binning procedure within SPSS Statistics to do this.
Recoding your data means changing the values of a variable so that they represent something else. Within SPSS Statistics there is more than one type of recode that can be performed.
In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates how to use the functions within the explore command in SPSS Statistics to test for normality.
In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates how to work with date and time variables in SPSS using the SPSS date and time wizard.
In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates how to use SPSS Statistics to define data filters in order to select particular cases for analysis. This can be done either to create a temporary selection or to create a permanent new file with only a subsection of cases included within it.
In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates how to reverse the values of a rating scale (such as an agreement scale or a satisfaction scale) in SPSS Statistics, so that the highest value becomes the lowest value and vice versa.
SPSS users often want to know how they can combine variables together. In this video Jarlath Quinn demonstrates how to use the compute procedure to calculate the mean of a number of variables to create one combined variable, and also how to use the count values procedure to count how many times a particular value occurs across a series of variables in order to create an overall count.
In this video we explore variable sets – a procedure in SPSS that allows you to generate subsets of variables or fields for display within dialogue boxes and in the data editor itself.
SPSS enables quite a high level of customisation so you can set up the software in a way that enables you to be a lot more productive, however many people are unaware of just how powerful these customisation options are. In this video we explore the options edit menu.
