One of the wonderful things about IBM SPSS Statistics is its ubiquity. I realise that it is not a household name in the way that big consumer brands are, but if you have ever had the need to analyse data, either professionally, in an academic context or in the public realm, the chances are that …
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IBM have released a new update to SPSS v27. Interestingly, this is a ‘dot’ release that contains a number of useful functional improvements rather than the usual bug fixes or third-party compatibility enhancements. The new procedures include three additional statistical tests for comparing differences in proportions. These procedures were introduced as syntax only commands in …
In June of this year, IBM released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 27 introduces several additional analysis procedures as well as new system enhancements. In this report we take a tour of some of the most valuable improvements that have been made. There’s a video of this tour here as well. Bootstrapping and …
In April of this year, IBM released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 26 introduces a number of additional analysis procedures as well as new command enhancements. If you’re an existing SPSS user and you’d like to upgrade to v26 there’s more information about how to do that here. If you’re interested in trying SPSS …
We often talk to people who are unsure whether they need SPSS Statistics or whether SPSS Modeler might be more suited to their needs. In fact, it’s not always a clear cut choice as to which tool is more appropriate as it depends on the context in which the technology might be used. With that …
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A is for Automation Why bother trying out loads of modelling techniques to see which one works best when Modeler can do that for you? Modeler can test many permutations of the same algorithm and multiple instances of different methods before selecting the best performers according to a pre-specified criteria. Oh and it will also …
An analytical tool for the business user. It isn’t a new idea, more a nut that many of us have been trying to crack for years. Today, of course, this problem is more pressing than ever. There are more questions that can be answered with analytics, more data to analyse and fewer trained analysts to …
When I’m talking to prospective clients, one of the questions I’m regularly asked is why they should invest in expensive predictive analytics software when they already have Excel. Excel has some useful features and for many organisations it can be a useful toe in the water of analytics but it’s really not built for the …
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IBM SPSS Modeler has been through quite the name changes since it first came onto the market as Clementine in the 1990s. In 1998 it was acquired by SPSS. Controversially, in my mind, SPSS then changed its name to SPSS Modeler (spelled the American way which causes no end of confusion in spell checks or when …
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