IBM SPSS Statistics
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What do you like best about the product?
SPSS is well suited to our survey data and analysis needs (but not data collection). It also works well for our data mining needs. Most of the staff I hire were exposed to SPSS in college, but either way, there is a learning period to understand how to document your work using Syntax (even if pasted from the menus) and I utilize mostly online resources to help them get up to speed.
What do you dislike about the product?
SPSS syntax is somewhat archaic, no doubt due to its long tenure and a desire to maintain backwards compatibility, so it may add to the learning curve for otherwise experienced script writers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
SPSS makes it easy for even beginner-level users to create statistical coding fields to support multidimensional analysis, ensuring that you never need to destructively modify your dataset.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Very good platform for transforming the extracted data in a very sorted manner
Great statistical package for beginners
What do you like best about the product?
1)SPSS is well suited to our survey data and analysis needs (but not data collection). It also works well for our data mining needs.
2) SPSS widely used for data analysis, creating crosstab, creating tables etc.
3) Clear and user-friendly interface.
4) Potential to analyze large data sets.
5) SPSS has great resources online for syntax and defining certain functions/processes.
6) Compatible with IT infrastructures
7) Does almost any statistical testing, equations, or modeling desired.
8) Can save datasets into numerous other file extensions.
2) SPSS widely used for data analysis, creating crosstab, creating tables etc.
3) Clear and user-friendly interface.
4) Potential to analyze large data sets.
5) SPSS has great resources online for syntax and defining certain functions/processes.
6) Compatible with IT infrastructures
7) Does almost any statistical testing, equations, or modeling desired.
8) Can save datasets into numerous other file extensions.
What do you dislike about the product?
For those requiring advanced procedures not on SPSS, programmable coding, like in R Statistics, may be more limited and not as robust and use of R or other programs might be needed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1) We use the Tables module a ton to create most of our crosstab kind of results, and SPSS gives you a lot of flexibility to create different kinds of tables with the same set of data.
2) Has all of the analytic capabilities we have needed so far (well, except for Random Forest).
3) Large dataset capability
4) Smooth modeling
2) Has all of the analytic capabilities we have needed so far (well, except for Random Forest).
3) Large dataset capability
4) Smooth modeling
Recommendations to others considering the product:
M SSPS is one of the best geospatial analysis tools on the market, possibly only exceeded by ArcGIS. It is very good with handling large and complicated datasets and manipulating these for statistical purposes. Unfortunately it can be a little non-user friendly and takes quite a bit of time to get used to.
The Best SPSS packager out there
What do you like best about the product?
IBM SPSS is one of the best tool for SPSS data.
What do you dislike about the product?
Lags sometimes and has the occasional bugs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
SPSS viewing is easy with IBM SPSS
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Don't look at anything else. You can blindly go for it.
Good for statistics but the options to run analysis need to be more clear
What do you like best about the product?
You are able to make charts and graphs from data easily which makes data visualization great. You can also customize those graphs.
What do you dislike about the product?
The options need to be more clear and better organized to run analyses. The organization sometimes leads one to take longer to run analyses than one needs to.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am running statistical tests easily and able to produce more research which is important in academia.
Easier coding than other applications
What do you like best about the product?
Coding is fairly user friendly. Can make SPSS do so much if you k ow how to use it.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not the most user friendly. Look of interface is slightly outdated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cleaning data, special data runs.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I would recommend, but be prepared for a significant learning curve if you have no experience
A Superior Platform for data analysis
What do you like best about the product?
SPSS Allows me to analyse data sets in a familiar format
What do you dislike about the product?
The interface is somewhat complicated however after watching tutorials it is easy to familiarise yourself with eventually but it is set out in a similar format to rival software packages
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data Analysis from online surveys
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Do your research on the system, there are many great online tutorials
Useful but not as accessible
What do you like best about the product?
This software has made statistics so much easier. I've used it for data analysis, and I've used a variety of tests. It definitely has some advantages. All you need is to know which boxes to check and what tests to run.
What do you dislike about the product?
However, there are other more accessible softwares like R that use language as their coding tool. I would say SPSS is less accessible than R.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Statistical analysis
Best statistical tool.
What do you like best about the product?
The implementation is easy. The test are easy to run.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is a good and easy to use software and I do not dislike anything.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
statistical testing and data analysis.
The OG Tab Package
What do you like best about the product?
When I started using SPSS about 16 years ago, the only instruction I was given was, "Open this [syntax] file, select all, and click 'Run'." I had no idea what it did, and so when I started actually digging around, I found that it was able to do a lot of the work I was doing in Excel. Creating basic frequencies, crosstabs, and graphs was easy! Over the years I've learned to do much more, and there are a lot of videos and online documentation. Almost all my knowledge has been acquired through trial and error, and Googling "SPSS syntax to do XYZ".
When you use the Wizard to create something, the command syntax shows up in the output, so you can learn as you go. I really like being able to see what I was trying to accomplish written out so I can copy and modify it.
The cloud-based version is great from an administrative standpoint because you can re-assign licenses throughout the course of the annual subscription.
When you use the Wizard to create something, the command syntax shows up in the output, so you can learn as you go. I really like being able to see what I was trying to accomplish written out so I can copy and modify it.
The cloud-based version is great from an administrative standpoint because you can re-assign licenses throughout the course of the annual subscription.
What do you dislike about the product?
Like many tab programs, SPSS has its own syntax for writing commands, so you do have to learn the structure and sub-commands. There is a ton of information online, though.
From a purchasing standpoint: one of the biggest drawbacks of the desktop version is that the license is non-transferable. If your machine dies, you must purchase a new license. There are also no (free) upgrades. The biggest drawback for the cloud licensing is how utterly painful it is to purchase multiple licenses at different times. Adding another user midway through our last contract required paying for the full year, and then receiving a reimbursement from IBM for the unused months. We've had a couple reps, and they have been fantastic - it's the purchasing rules by which they are bound that are ridiculous.
From a website standpoint: the My IBM website is a mess. Links frequently don't work (e.g., click 'My Account' when logged in and get a message that says you're not authorized to view the page... pages take forever to load, Chat doesn't work, etc.). It is surprising that a company as large as IBM doesn't have this stuff figured out.
From a purchasing standpoint: one of the biggest drawbacks of the desktop version is that the license is non-transferable. If your machine dies, you must purchase a new license. There are also no (free) upgrades. The biggest drawback for the cloud licensing is how utterly painful it is to purchase multiple licenses at different times. Adding another user midway through our last contract required paying for the full year, and then receiving a reimbursement from IBM for the unused months. We've had a couple reps, and they have been fantastic - it's the purchasing rules by which they are bound that are ridiculous.
From a website standpoint: the My IBM website is a mess. Links frequently don't work (e.g., click 'My Account' when logged in and get a message that says you're not authorized to view the page... pages take forever to load, Chat doesn't work, etc.). It is surprising that a company as large as IBM doesn't have this stuff figured out.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
At this time, I mainly use SPSS to check survey data (are all the paths populating as they should?), create data exports to Excel, and run tables / crosstabs to populate dashboards I've created in Excel. I love that I can set up my syntax once to perform the actions I need, and then be able to run it over and over again. It saves a ton of time when there are many data transformations that I used to do in Excel.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're a student (have valid Student ID), you can purchase deeply discounted desktop versions from StudentDiscounts.com.
My experience with SPSS 25
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about SPSS is its interface, which makes the usage simple and practical, but without leaving aside the complexity necessary for statistical data management, thats why i consider this program is perfect for users of different levels, both as for advanced users and students, this makes it one of the statistical programs with the greatest potential.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I least like is simply the common limitations of any licensed program, mainly its high cost, which makes it difficult for people with limited resources to access this program.
The second thing I like least is the characteristics of the graphics it produces, they are definitely aesthetically improvable, sincerely I've never used them for any of my research.
The second thing I like least is the characteristics of the graphics it produces, they are definitely aesthetically improvable, sincerely I've never used them for any of my research.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Because I am dedicated to medical research, specifically in the field of public health, this program means that for non-statistical people we can easily perform simple statistical analyzes, but with this, we can make actions with high impact on the health of populations.
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