IBM SPSS Statistics
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Powerful, but difficult to use
What do you like best about the product?
You can do almost any statistical test you'd need for science. I mostly use ANOVAs and descriptive statistics, but there's lots more capability of the software that I haven't tried yet.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be difficult to use, especially for a newbie. I find the integration with Excel to be clunky, which is tough because I like to use the power of Excel's formulas before dumping my data into SPSS for statistical tests.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We do neuroscience research and teaching. I need SPSS to do the statistics needed to compare samples and find meaningful differences.
SPSS - An essential tool for every researcher
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ubiquity of SPSS, meaning that as long you surround yourself with other researchers, you will always encounter someone who uses SPSS. Resources are also easily found online, which is great.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike some of the complexity surrounding SPSS. It's a magnificent tool for performing statistical analyses, but sometimes requires too many steps for performing something simpler.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
SPSS allows us to analyse the survey data we collect year round.
Provides great statistical analyses services
What do you like best about the product?
I've used SAS before for statistically testing and have found that SPSS is more user-friendly for various statistical tasks that I've used in my graduate work. I have used it for my master's thesis and am currently using it for my doctoral dissertation. The help tutorials are also very helpful and I like how easy it is to run testing and to interpret the data tables. The fact that the charts and results can also be exported to Word is great as well.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't dislike anything so far. It's pretty straightforward as a software, and the userface has improved throughout the years.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am using the software to do various statistical testing on data collected. The ease of inputting data is very great as it can be transferred from Excel documents as well. No further coding is necessary and it makes it easy.
Very impressive capabilities, usability needs work
What do you like best about the product?
Its capabilities are impressive. Stat analysis on nearly everything and almost immediately. Great import/export functionality.
What do you dislike about the product?
Very tricky to manipulate data sets, reorder, etc.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Market research and analysis
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Organize your data sets before importing because it becomes a massive pain in the butt to have to manually drag variables down the list. There's no "move to bottom/top" function which would make things MUCH easier. And I get nervous cut/pasting thousands of responses.
Slow processing and non-intuitive syntax
What do you like best about the product?
This is a great program for teaching very basic statistical techniques for beginners/undergraduate students.
What do you dislike about the product?
The syntax, unlike programs like Stata, is very non-intuitive. The drop down menus, the alternative, are rather cumbersome, given that other programs these commands can be conducted in a line or two in code. I also had problems trying to process larger (but not huge) datasets or lengthier procedures. I wouldn't recommend this program for higher level statistical work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am a researcher and educator. My biggest "problems" are about using streamlined, user friendly statistical software.
Good tool for analyzing comparing multiple parameters
What do you like best about the product?
The many options for analysis with in between and between studies. In addition it is easy to isolate one parameter and compare it again others.
What do you dislike about the product?
I like the product. The only problem is that sometimes SPSS slows down.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Trying to understand behavioral models and trends that develop from therapeutics.
Easy to learn and use
What do you like best about the product?
There are options for syntax writing and point and click so even the most intro person can use it and learn.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish syntax across programs was the same so that it was easier to know all the formulas
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps us analyze large datasets.
Excellent and fast way to get up and running with advanced statistics
What do you like best about the product?
It is easy to get up and running quickly and to make sense of large datasets with SPSS.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see more advanced modeling features in the basic version.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have conducted research with SPSS to find unrealized relationships in large datasets.
IBM SPSS
What do you like best about the product?
I have used IBM SPSS Statistics program since graduate school. Once you get familiar with it, it is relatively simple to run most analyses. The new update threw me a bit for a loop, but I'm getting in the groove with it now.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't love the interface. It's a bit wonky until you get used to where everything is located. I wish you could also pull variable titles in from Excel, but I haven't found a way to do that.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am an academic researcher. I use IBM on a regular basis to complete my research. I don't know what I'd do without it!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it some time. It takes some getting use to!
Great software for analysis
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use for basic and advanced analysis. Because it is one of the industry standard software packages in analysis, it is easy to share models and properly cleaned/formatted data.
What do you dislike about the product?
It costs too much money for a statistical suite that has free and open source alternatives. It's not incredible expensive, but it offers no advantages over some packages that are free and open source.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I used SPSS to develop projections for service need and potential delivery, and to create models regarding program application with changes in client populations. The ease of use was fantastic, and it was able to work with imperfect data.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Look into more affordable options if that's an issue at your organization. SPSS is a great piece of software, but if you're in the nonprofit industry, for example, it doesn't offer any benefits compared to FOSS alternatives.
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