Customer Reviews

SPSS 14.0 Student Version for Windows

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I had to return this item because it was not what I needed. It is not compatible with SPSS 11 and it did not state that on the Amazon page, it also didn't state the major limitations of this product. If you need to be able to run lots of data or do certain types of functions it will not work for you. If you are in a graduate school psych or sociology program, this will probably not work for you. Go to the manufacturers site and read the specific specifications for this program before buying it.

Unfortunately I didn't see the part about the student version being limited to 50 variables and 1500 cases until I'd bought it. The class I'm taking uses far more variables than that. I am wiser now.
Please, before you spend your money, check out the specs on the spss site.

SPSS Student is a dremendous value: over 75% off the retail version and nearly as powerful. It is limited, but is more than adequate for most cases you will encounter in class.
If you need a more advanced package, get SPSS Career Builder or SPSS Graduate Pack -- they include the full version of SPSS.

Note: SPSS 13.0 for Windows Student Version cannot open data files containing more than 50 variables or 1,500 cases. Having said that, if you have less than 50 variables and 1,500 cases to deal with then this is the software for you. It came with a (brief) 227-page users guide that was pretty comprehensive all by itself. Order the SPSS 13.0 Guide to Data Analysis to go with it, and you have just about everything you need to fiddle with and learn the basics of statistical analysis.

This affordable version of SPSS allows students to learn how to use SPSS without investing a large amount of money on the full version ($600 or so). This version is limited in the number of variables and cases it can store, so students looking to perform serious analysis would be better off to purchase the SPSS Graduate Pack.

Beware - if you buy the student version it is not big enough to run the files necessary that you work on in class. Nowhere did it indicate on the Amazon site that it had limits of file size. Wouldn't one assume that if you are selling a "student" verson, that it will be able to run your school files? Don't buy it if you are a college student and need this software to complete your projects. I wasted $80 plus dollars. Didn't learn of its limitations until AFTER I loaded it, and when it wouldn't work found the limitation statement in the manual. Very disappointed.

SPSS 14.0 is a great statistical software, it combines the possibility to perform a series of multivariate statistical analyses, unavailable with other packages, with an affordable price. The only reason I don't rate it with 5 stars is because this educational license expires after 13 months and that was not specified in the item description.

I have used this product in a research methods class and found it to perform quite well. While it may not have all the features of the full SPSS package it is more than adequate and does not require the student to pay the hefty fee of the full version.

I have tried for years a lot of demo, free and shareware related to statistics, econometric and data analysis software. It was good, tired, and finaly I choose SPSS, because has excelent tools, options and interfase to user. Not PC crashes, no unknown format files. If you no not have enough money, don't waste time and money, use SPSS Student version.

SPSS is a fantastic program which makes data analysis easier to bear and finish. Once you learn how to run the program (It is simply entering the data and choosing the correct statistical analysis), you are good to go!