Comments on: SPSS is Bad. Really Bad

By: Rod

Rod — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:58:45 +0000

If you paste onto a text editor first then copy that and paste it into SPSS that sometimes works…

..but yes, its stupid.

By: wedding party

wedding party — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:25:07 +0000

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By: Divya

Divya — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:19:33 +0000

I have used SPSS versions 12, 15, 16, 17 and I personally think considering all the functions that I use, v15 works best for me. I had a 1GB RAM on my computer earlier and v16 and 17 would continuously hang. Running a code of 2000 lines meant taking a break of a few hours, because if you touched anything else, the system would hang. I upgraded to a 2GB RAM, and the versions worked marginally better. I do like v17 though for its user friendly interface.

@Mike Bryant – I too think the problem is with your license. Customer care at SPSS is quite good, try talking to them

By: dasher

dasher — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:03:42 +0000

Hi,

I’m having a real problem finding SPSS info on the net and especially an SPSS blog, so I hope this one works!

I am trying to do stepwise multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS, and I want to check the collinearity diagnostics, particularly Tolerance. However, I cannot find any way of setting the tolerance criterion as suggested everywhere on the net (its probably something simple then). Can anyone also confirm if SPSS automatically sets a tolerance criterion of 0.0001?

Many Thanks
Dasher

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:27:24 +0000

Try using version 17 – its fantastic!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:44:33 +0000

Version 17 is out the door and early feedback is very positive. Upgrade if you can! Or at least make sure you’re patched to 16.0.2.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:41:32 +0000

Version 17 is out the door and early feedback is very positive. Upgrade!

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:46:57 +0000

I have version 16 and cannot get a simple Frequencies stat with one variable to work. It just says Processing and seems to go on forever. A prof of mine said for me to check my license and to look at the expat.bat file to update my license. I only bought the software two months ago. Any ideas?

By: Jim Cook

Jim Cook — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:51:59 +0000

I’ve been finding real problems with cutting and pasting, and if you have solutions, please share them.

I cannot copy lines of text from an excel file and paste them into spss without significant problems. One line may work, multiple lines seem to append themselves onto the one line.

I just tried to copy within the variable view. In the past, I could copy the column width from one cell to multiple ones. It won’t let me paste more than one cell. This is a significant problem. What have they done?

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:17:53 +0000

Even as an SPSS trainer/loyalist I have my share of concerns. Afterall, you use a piece of software everyday, and you get a pet peave or two.

But I don’t understand two of your complaints. Cut and paste operations are generally intuitive like cut and pasting data into excel, or output into word, or charts into powerpoint, or from one part of spss to another. I have had some software compatibility problems over the years, I guess.

The three parameter one really puzzles me. There is no limit to parameters that I am aware of – certainly you can have dozens. What am I missing?

Regarding the honey – no software is ever fast enough for me – so I won’t argue there.

I have no doubt that one could find UI features to critique – I am just puzzled by this particular list.

Cheers, Keith