Introduction to SPSS &
SPSS HTML
Welcome to IT’s seminar on statistical
packages
Sam Gordji, ccsam@olemiss.edu
Weir 107
List of Statistical Packages
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SPSS
SAS
Mathematica
MathWorks
IMSL
List of Statistical Packages
The cost for SAS is $75 per copy per
year. 50 copies are available to the faculty
and an additional 50 copies are available
for student use. IT has most of the SAS
modules but not all. To obtain a copy of
SAS please send an email to
ccsam@olemiss.edu or
assist@mcsr.olemiss.edu
List of Statistical Packages
Mathematica
 Free copies of Mathematica are available for
faculty, staff, and students. To obtain a copy of
Mathematica please visit:
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage.php?pagena
me=mathematica.inc
List of Statistical Packages
Matlab
 Matlab is available on willow and sweetgum
 Other packages such as Fortran, IMSL, etc. will
be mentioned briefly
List of Statistical Packages
IMSL
 IMSL is a comprehensive package containing
math, stat., and special functions
 IMSL is available only on sweetgum
 IMSL is a set of subroutines called by a Fortran
program
General Information
 Email contact
– Email your questions to ccsam@olemiss.edu
 To download this and other materials visit:
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/appssubpage.
php?pagename=mathcamp.inc
 Please fill out the performance report and leave
your email address so we may contact you for
follow up questions
General Information
 This seminar covers SPSS and different
outputs generated by SPSS in HTML format,
etc.
 SPSS, SAS, and Mathematica are available in
Weir Student Lab, Weir 107, and several
other labs around campus
 We’ll look at a few short examples of SPSS
and generate outputs from those programs
General Information
 SAS performs statistical analysis
 SPSS performs statistical analysis and is
similar to SAS
 Mathematica’s main function is to perform
mathematical operations including
statistics
 MathWorks is similar to Mathematica and
is available on willow and sweetgum
General Information
 IT staff will assist users to access these
packages. We also help users to find the
proper procedure to analyze their data. If
you need assistance please send an email
to Sam Gordji at ccsam@olemiss.edu,
assist@mcsr.olemiss.edu , or
mathadm@olemiss.edu
Today’s Topic
 Generating various outputs from SPSS
 Output from dataset “Anxiety2.sav” is created in
three different formats. The three output files are
in HTML, *.doc, and *.txt
 Path for input dataset “Anxiety2.sav” is:
(C:\Program Files\SPSS15\SPSS
 Inputting an excel file into SPSS is also covered.