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SPSS Statistics puts the power of advanced statistical analysis in your hands. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced statistician, its comprehensive set of tools will meet your needs.

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SPSS Statistics 17.0

SPSS Statistics

Putting the Power of Predictive Analytics in Your Decision-Making

The SPSS Statistics family of products is the world’s leading statistical software used by commercial, government, and academic organizations to solve business and research problems. Quickly and easily discover new insights from your data, test hypotheses and build powerful predictive models. SPSS Statistics has the flexibility you need, including access to a wide variety of data and file types, direct access to command syntax for power users and a range of deployment options that put the power of statistics where you need it.

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Tools

Comprehensive Set of Tools

Validate assumptions faster and more efficiently using the right statistical capability at the right time. Use the most comprehensive set of tools for the entire analysis lifecycle from accessing and preparing data, analyzing data, to reporting and deployment. Broad access to multiple data types and many add-on modules give you the tools you need.

  • Access and prepare data - easily prepare data from multiple sources
    • SPSS Data Preparation
    • SPSS Missing Values
    • SPSS Statistics Base
    • SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys
  • Analyze data - use the broadest range of standard and complex analytical procedures
    • Amos
    • SPSS Advanced Statistics
    • SPSS Categories
    • SPSS Exact Tests
    • SPSS Forecasting
    • SPSS Regression
    • SPSS Statistics Base
  • Report and deploy - provide insight to anyone and everyone
    • SPSS Custom Tables
    • SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services
Functions & Options

Multiple Interfaces to Key Functions

Get flexible access to statistical analysis power. SPSS Statistcs meets the needs of expert users as well as beginners by creating tailored experiences for each; simple, menu driven interfaces for beginners, command syntax to automate and control procedures for advanced users, and programmable extensibility to add new functionality to the interface for programmers.

  • Menu-driven UI
  • Command Syntax
  • Programmable extensibility

Multiple Deployment Options

Make the most of your analytical resources, scaling from the simplest initiative to the most widespread endeavor with SPSS Statistics deployment capabilities. Use SPSS Statistics as a standalone desktop application, in a multi-client/server environment, or integrate it with SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services to create an important foundation for your predictive enterprise.

  • Desktop - ideal for individuals
  • Client/Server - appropriate for larger analyst teams
  • Enterprise
System Requirements

SPSS Statistics 17.0 runs on a variety of operating systems and hardware configurations. For detailed specifications, download the SPSS Statistics 17.0 Specification Sheet or visit the SPSS Statistics 17.0 system requirements page.

Microsoft Windows

  • Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit)
  • Microsoft Vista (32 and 64 bit)
  • Intel or AMD x86 at 1GHz or higher
  • 512 MB RAM or more
  • 650 MB Hard Drive space
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Super VGA or higher resolution monitor
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher

Mac

  • Mac OS X 10.4
  • Intel processor
  • 512 MB RAM or more
  • 800 MB Hard Drive space
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Super VGA or higher resolution monitor
  • Safari 1.3.1 or higher, or Firefox 1.5 or higher, or Netscape 7.2 or higher
  • Java Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0)

Linux

  • Kernel 2.6.9.42 or higher
  • glibc 2.3.4 or higher
  • XFree86-4.0 or higher
  • libstdc++5
  • Intel or AMD x86 at 1GHz or higher
  • 512 MB RAM or more
  • 650 MB Hard Drive space
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Super VGA or higher resolution monitor
  • Konqueror 3.4.1 or higher, or Firefox 1.0.6 or higher, or Netscape 7.2 or higher
RFM Screenshot

Improved research and reporting tools

  • Multiple imputation of missing values: allows you to quickly and accurately estimate data where entries are missing for better results (In SPSS Missing Values add-on module)
  • Enhanced Syntax Editor: create, correct, and test syntax with a minimum of errors in shorter time
  • Improved Microsoft Office integration: create cleanly formatted Office reports faster for timely delivery to decision makers
RFM Screenshot

More accessible to both business users and expert statistical programmers

  • Custom Dialog Builder: quickly create new interfaces for custom or existing SPSS procedures, making it easier for beginners and generalists to drive results
  • SPSS EZ RFM™ add-on: boost direct marketing and sales efforts by enabling marketers to easily perform recency, frequency, and monetary value (RFM) analysis
RFM Screenshot

Easier enterprise integration, deployment and management

  • Deeper integration between SPSS Statistics and SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services™: allows teams using SPSS Statistics and Clementine® from SPSS Inc. to work seamlessly together, with options that allow you to deploy the very best models from each product
  • Extended administration tools: control and optimize the performance of SPSS Statistics Server and quickly pinpoint bottlenecks and issues
  • Additional multi-threaded procedures: improved performance on multi-core hardware allows more efficient data preparation, analysis, and report creation

Improved research tools

  • Codebook procedure (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Improved Syntax Editor (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Multiple Imputation for missing values (SPSS Missing Values)
  • Nearest Neighbor analysis (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Improved Categorical Regression Predictions within CATREG (SPSS Categories)
  • Median Function and lead function to COMPUTE and lead to IF (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Aggressive versus Conservative Rounding in COMPUTE (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Extend SPSS' spell-check capabilities to include text strings in data (SPSS Statistics Base)

Improved reporting tools

  • More control over output when exporting to Microsoft Office (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Improved visualization capabilities with Graphboard (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • iGRAPH Conversion Utility (SPSS Statistics Base)

More accessible to generalists and business users

  • SPSS EZ RFM™ for recency, frequency and monetary analysis (New add-on)

New functionality for statistical programmers

  • Custom Dialog Builder (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Support for R graphics via programmability (SPSS Statistics Base via R plugin)
  • Updated Python, VB.Net and R plug-ins. (SPSS Statistics Base via plugins)

More for enterprise users

  • Additional multithreaded algorithms (SPSS Statistics Base and Complex Samples)
  • SPSS Server optimized multithreading (SPSS Statistics Server)
  • SPSS Smartreader (Free)
  • File-in-use messaging (SPSS Statistics Base)
  • Predictive Enterprise View support (SPSS Statistics Adapter)
  • Connect to SPSS Statistics Server from Mac OS X and Linux versions of SPSS Statistics (SPSS Statistics Base)

Easier enterprise deployment and management

  • SPSS Server Administration tool enhancements (SPSS Statistics Server Administration Utility)
  • Virtualization support (SPSS Statistics Base and VMware)
  • Predictive Enterprise Repository search functionality (SPSS Statistics Adapter)
  • SPSS Statistics Adapter for SPSS Predictive Enterprise Services for Mac and Linux users (SPSS Statistics Base and SPSS Statistics Adapter)

SPSS Statistics 17.0

Solve business and research problems using the premier statistical software product for data management and analysis.

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3 Reasons to Upgrade

  • Improved research and reporting tools
  • More accessible to beginners and generalists, and new functionality for statistical programmers
  • Easier enterprise integration, deployment and management
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SPSS Statistics Server 17.0

With SPSS Statistics Server, you can provide enterprise-strength scalability, additional tools, security, and enhanced performance for your SPSS users.

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3 Powerful Features

  • Secure – centralize and protect analytical assets
  • Powerful – work with large data quickly
  • Efficient – make the most out of analytical resources
How SPSS Statistics Server 17.0 works
By shifting processing resources from SPSS Statistics desktop installations to the SPSS Statistics Server, you can improve performance, reduce network loads, enhance security and scale predictive analytics across your enterprise faster than ever.

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Learn more about SPSS Statistics Server 17.0
SPSS Statistics Base 17.0

This 16-page specifications sheet describes the data management features, statistics, and presentation graphics available in SPSS Statistics Base 17.0.
SPSS Comparison Sheet 17.0

This 8-page piece highlights new or enhanced features: An updated syntax editor, a custom dialog builder, improved programmability, added statistics, and more.
Software Downloads

SPSS Statistics Training

Harness the power of predictive analytics by enrolling in a training program from SPSS Inc. You have three options to choose from:
  • Self-paced e-learning: a flexible program with the freedom to learn on your schedule (WBT)
  • Live e-learning: train online and in real time with an SPSS instructor (i-WBT)
  • Live instructor training: group or individual one-on-one sessions available (Live)
Top SPSS Statistics Training Courses
  • What’s New in SPSS Statistics 17
    SPSS Statistics 17 has many new features for users across a broad range of experience and roles. This course will cover the Syntax Editor, Custom Dialog Builder, R graphics integration and other new features of this latest version of the SPSS Statistics software suite.

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  • Introduction to SPSS
    Get up to speed in SPSS quickly and easily in this two-day course. The course guides you through the fundamentals of using SPSS for typical data analysis process.
  • Introduction to SPSS Classification Trees
    This one-day, live training course covers the principles and practice of the tree-based classification and regression methods available in SPSS Classification Trees.
SPSS Statistics Webinars

See it in SPSS: free events exclusively for SPSS customers

See it in SPSS events are quick, up close presentations of SPSS products. Find a live event near you, or sign up for one of our Webinars.

Upcoming "See it in SPSS" Events

  • October 9th - Minneapolis, MN
  • October 15th - Milwaukee, WI
  • December 2nd - Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • December 9th - Atlanta, GA

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