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IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a software suite for statistical analysis, data management, and data documentation widely used in social sciences, market research, health research, government, and business.

If you are a student or researcher, you will likely use these features most often: ibm spss

When you open an SPSS data file, you will see two tabs at the bottom of the window: IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)

Variable View: This is where you define the "metadata" for your data.

| Category | Examples | |----------|----------| | Descriptives | Frequencies, cross-tabs, means, skewness, kurtosis. | | Bivariate | Pearson/Spearman correlation, t-tests, ANOVA, chi-square. | | Regression | Linear, logistic, multinomial, ordinal, nonlinear. | | Advanced | GLM, mixed models, generalized linear models, loglinear. | | Multivariate | Factor analysis, PCA, cluster analysis, discriminant analysis. | | Nonparametric | Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, Kruskal-Wallis, Friedman. | | Time series | ARIMA, exponential smoothing, autocorrelation. | | Survival | Kaplan-Meier, Cox regression. | Variable View: This is where you define the

From Graphs → Chart Builder (or Legacy Dialogs):

Double-click any chart in Output to edit colors, labels, axes.

This is the flagship product—the heart of the suite. SPSS Statistics is what most people refer to when they say "SPSS." It handles the heavy lifting of descriptive and inferential statistics.