SPSS is an acronym for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. It is a statistical package that performs highly complex data manipulation and analysis using simple instructions.
IBM® SPSS Statistics® and SPSS® Amos™ are available to UTRGV students, faculty, and educational/academic researchers.
IBM® SPSS Statistics® is an integrated family of products that addresses the entire analytical process, from planning, data collection, and analysis to reporting and deployment. With more than a dozen fully integrated modules to choose from, you can find the specialized capabilities you need to conduct research and make better decisions from your data.
IBM® SPSS Amos™ software enables you to specify, estimate, assess, and present models to show hypothesized relationships among variables. The software allows you to build models more accurately than with standard multivariate statistics techniques. Users can choose either the graphical user interface or non-graphical, programmatic interface.
SPSS Amos allows you to build attitudinal and behavioral models that reflect complex relationships.
SPSS Amos:
- Provides Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) that is easy to use and lets you easily compare, confirm, and refine models.
- Uses Bayesian analysis to improve estimates of model parameters.
- Offers various data imputation methods to create different data sets.
Learn more about features and product support for IBM® SPSS Statistics or SPSS Amos.