Category: Software » MultiMedia → IBM SPSS Statistics 20

SPSS is a computer program used for statistical analysis. In 2009 SPSS re-branded its software packages as PASW (Predictive Analytics SoftWare). This software 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. The company announced July 28, 2009 that it was being acquired by IBM and it became "SPSS: An IBM Company".

What-s New in IBM SPSS Statistics 20?

The latest release of SPSS Statistics includes new analysis and reporting features and performance enhancements:

- Mapping - Improve your ability to target, forecast, and plan by geographic area, as well as expand your reporting capabilities using pre-built map templates and support for ESRI files in SPSS Statistics Base
- Faster tables - Generate fully interactive and editable output tables up to five times faster in SPSS Statistics
- Run GLMM procedure with ordinal outcomes - Build more accurate models when predicting nonlinear outcomes such as customer satisfaction levels in IBM SPSS Advanced Statistics
- Run server jobs disconnected - Disconnect the SPSS Statistics client from the network when running server jobs in SPSS Statistics Server and work uninterrupted without compromising your analysis or output, then reconnect to the server to access your completed jobs
- Support file compression - Compress temporary files created by the sort procedure within SPSS Statistics Server to save disk space when sorting large files

Operating system

Windows: Microsoft- Windows XP (Professional, 32-bit) or Vista (Home, Business, 32- or 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit)*

- Intel- or AMD x86 processor running at 1GHz or higher
- Memory: 1GB RAM or more recommended
- Minimum free drive space: 800MB
- DVD drive
- XGA (1024x768) or higher-resolution monitor
- For connecting with IBM SPSS Statistics Server, a network adapter running the TCP/IP network protocol