SPSS Program Functionality

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What is SPSS?

The following brief definition is taken from the SPSS Base User's Guide.
"SPSS is a comprehensive system for analyzing data. SPSS can take data from almost
any type of file and use them to generate tabulated reports, charts, and plots of
distributions and trends, descriptive statistics, and complex statistical analysis."
SPSS is the acronym of Statistical Package for the Social Science. SPSS is one of the
most popular statistical packages which can perform highly complex data
manipulation and analysis with simple instructions. It is designed for both interactive
and non-interactive (batch) uses.
SPSS Program Functionality:
SPSS has scores of statistical and mathematical functions, scores statistical
procedures, and a very flexible data handling capability. It can read data in almost any
format (e.g., numeric, alphanumeric, binary, dollar, date, time formats), and version 6
onwards can read files created using spread sheet/data base software. It also has
excellent data manipulation utilities.
The following is a brief overview of some of the functionalities of SPSS:
a) Data transformations
b) Data Examination
c) Descriptive Statistics
d) Contingency tables
e) Reliability tests
f) Correlation
g) T-tests
h) ANOVA

i) MANOVA
j) General Linear Model (Release 7.0 and higher)
k) Regression
l) Nonlinear Regression
m) Logistic Regression
n) Loglinear Regression
o) Discriminant Analysis
p) Factor Analysis
q) Cluster anlaysis
r) Multidimensional scaling
s) Probit analysis
t) Forecasting/Time Series
u) Survival analysis
v) Nonparametric analysis
w) Graphics and graphical interface.

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