(thing) by Cugel the clever Fri May 19 2000 at 12:15:39

A software tool for statistical analysis. Also an unwieldly and unfriendly program, similar in looks to Microsoft's Excel but much more unforgiving and archaic in its behavior. It is mainly used by businessmen, scientists, and students who follow a course in statistics.

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(thing) by Mark Forest Fri Aug 03 2001 at 18:53:01

One of the most flexible and intuitive advanced data analysis packages available. It is widely used by various flavours of scientists, and is a staple of market research (and other social sciences).
SPSS is an acronym which originally meant "Statistical Package for the Social Sciences."

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