SPSS release 14 provides a comprehensive system for performing statistical analyses, using either an interactive point and click method or command syntax in a batch processing mode. The majority of this document describes the interactive method of using SPSS. The SPSS Production Facility, which executes SPSS command syntax in an unattended fashion, is outlined on the last page. The interactive point and click graphical environment contains descriptive menus, dialog boxes and an extensive Help system. There is a spreadsheet-like data editor for entering and editing data, or data can be retrieved from a variety of sources: database software, spreadsheets or text files. SPSS can produce multidimensional pivot tables and high-resolution graphs: pie charts, bar charts, histograms, scatterplots, and 3-D graphs. You can browse through the output, edit it, print it or paste it into another Windows application. The SPSS modules available include: the Base system, Regression Models, Advanced Models, Tables, and Trends (for time series analyses).

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