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Software Package Statistical Analysis SPSS Inc. IBM Statistical Analysis Social Science

SPSS Statistics is widely used statistical analysis software. It has menus and dialog boxes for basic analysis, but more advanced tasks require using the SPSS programming language. SPSS has three main windows - the Data Editor for viewing and editing data, the Output Viewer for viewing statistical results and syntax, and the Syntax Editor for writing SPSS commands directly. Data and output files are saved in proprietary formats while syntax files are plain text.

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Software Package Statistical Analysis SPSS Inc. IBM Statistical Analysis Social Science

SPSS Statistics is widely used statistical analysis software. It has menus and dialog boxes for basic analysis, but more advanced tasks require using the SPSS programming language. SPSS has three main windows - the Data Editor for viewing and editing data, the Output Viewer for viewing statistical results and syntax, and the Syntax Editor for writing SPSS commands directly. Data and output files are saved in proprietary formats while syntax files are plain text.

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Introduction

SPSS Statistics is a software package used for statistical analysis. Long produced
by SPSS Inc., it was acquired by IBM in 200, and current !ersions are officially
na"ed IBM SPSS Statistics. SPSS is a"ong t#e "ost widely used progra"s
for statistical analysis insocial science. It is also used by "arket researc#ers, #ealt#
researc#ers, sur!ey co"panies, go!ern"ent, education researc#ers, "arketing
organi$ations, and ot#ers
%#e SPSS software is built around t#e SPSS progra""ing language. &ne can acco"plis#
"ost basic data analysis t#roug# "enus and dialog bo'es wit#out #a!ing to actually learn
t#e SPSS language. (owe!er, so"e tasks cannot be acco"plis#ed fro" t#e "enus, and
ot#ers are "ore quickly carried out by typing a few key words t#an by working t#roug# a
long series of "enus and dialogs.
Starting SPSS Statistics
%o run SPSS, log in and click Start, Programs, IBM SPSS Statistics, and t#en IBM SPSS Statistics
19. )#en SPSS is first started you are presented wit# a dialog bo' asking you to open a file*

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The SPSS Windows and Files
SPSS #as t#ree "ain windows t#at allows to*
See data
See statistical output
See any progra""ing co""ands user #as written
Data Editor (.sa !iles"# %#e -ata .ditor lets t#e user see and "anipulate #is data. (e
will always #a!e at least one -ata .ditor open /e!en if #e #as not yet opened a data set0.
)#en user opens an SPSS data file, #e sees a working copy of #is data. 1#anges "ade by
t#e user to data are not per"anent until #e sa!es t#e" /click 2ile, Sa!e or Sa!e 3s0. -ata
files are sa!ed wit# a file type of .sa, a file type t#at "ost ot#er software cannot work
wit#. )#en user closes last -ata .ditor, #e is s#utting down SPSS and you will be
pro"pted to sa!e all unsa!ed files.
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$ut%ut &iewer (.s% !iles"# Statistical results will s#ow up in t#e &utput 4iewer. %#e
&utput 4iewer s#ows user tables of statistical output and t#e grap#s #e creates. By
default it also s#ows t#e progra""ing language for t#e co""ands t#at user issued
/called 5synta'6 in SPSS 7argon0, and "ost error "essages will also appear #ere. %#e
&utput 4iewer also allows to edit and print your results. %#e tables of t#e &utput 4iewer
are sa!ed /click 2ile, Sa!e or Sa!e 3s0 wit# a file type of .s%, w#ic# can only be opened
wit# SPSS software. It is possible to open "ore t#an one &utput 4iewer to look at "ore
t#an one output file. %#e 5acti!e6 4iewer will recei!e t#e results of any co""ands t#at
you issue. If you close all t#e &utput 4iewers and t#en issue a new co""and, a fres#
&utput 4iewer is started.
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S'nta( Editor (.s%s !iles"# If user is working wit# t#e SPSS progra""ing language
directly, #e needs to open a Synta' .ditor. %#e Synta' .ditor allows user to write, edit,
and run co""ands in t#e SPSS progra""ing language. If user is also using t#e "enus
and dialog bo'es, t#e Paste button auto"atically writes t#e synta' for t#e co""and #e
#as specified into t#e acti!e Synta' .ditor. %#ese files are sa!ed as plain te't and al"ost
any te't editor can open t#e", but wit# a file e'tension of .s%s. &ne can #a!e "ore t#an
one Synta' .ditor open and t#e 5acti!e6 window is "arked wit# a tiny orange plus sign.
)#en user pastes synta' fro" dialog bo'es, it goes to t#e acti!e Synta' .ditor. If you
close out all your Synta' .ditors and t#en paste a co""and, a fres# Synta' .ditor is
opened.
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