Differences between revisions 19 and 52 (spanning 33 versions)
Revision 19 as of 2023-01-10 20:06:49
Size: 1720
Comment:
Revision 52 as of 2025-12-19 21:50:41
Size: 3721
Comment: Pruning dead links
Deletions are marked like this. Additions are marked like this.
Line 3: Line 3:
'''SPSS''' is both an interpreted, static-typed programming language and a proprietary application used to run programs written in the SPSS language. PSPP is a free and open-source application that can alternatively be used to run programs written in the SPSS language, with some important discrepancies. '''SPSS''' is both a static-typed, interpreted programming language and a proprietary application used to run programs written in SPSS. PSPP is a free and open-source implementation of the interpretter.
Line 17: Line 17:


=== Installing PSPP ===

Many [[Linux]] and [[BSD]] operating systems offer a `pspp` package.

The project no longer maintains an official [[Windows]] build.
Line 24: Line 32:
 * [[SPSS/ScratchVariables|Scratch Variables]]
 * [[SPSS/SystemVariables|System Variables]]
 * [[SPSS/Vectors|Vectors]]
 * [[SPSS/DataFormats|Data Formats]]
 * [[SPSS/Metadata|Metadata]]
 * [[SPSS/Unicode|Unicode]]
Line 32: Line 40:
 * [[SPSS/AggregatingData|Aggregating Data]]
 * [[SPSS/DatetimeFunctions|Datetime Functions]]
 * [[SPSS/FileIO|File I/O]]
 * [[SPSS/JoiningData|Joining Data]]
 * [[SPSS/Logic|Logic]]
 * [[SPSS/Looping|Looping]]
 * [[SPSS/NumericFunctions|Numeric Functions]]
 * [[SPSS/ReadingData|Reading Data]]
 * [[SPSS/ScratchVariables|Scratch Variables]]
Line 33: Line 50:
 * [[SPSS/NumericFunctions|Numeric Functions]]
 * [[SPSS/DateTimeFunctions|Date Time Functions]]
 * [[SPSS/AggregateFunctions|Aggregate Functions]]
 * [[SPSS/Looping|Looping]]
 * [[SPSS/FileIO|File I/O]]
 * [[SPSS/ReadingData|Reading Data]]
 * [[SPSS/AggregatingData|Aggregating Data]]
 * [[SPSS/JoiningData|Joining Data]]
Line 44: Line 53:
== Macro Programming == == Commands ==
Line 46: Line 55:
 * [[SPSS/Macros|Macros]]
 * [[SPSS/MacroArithmetic|Macro Arithmetic]]
 * [[SPSS/MacroStringFunctions|Macro String Functions]]
 * [[SPSS/AddFiles|Add Files]]
 * [[SPSS/ValueLabels#Add_Value_Labels|Add Value Labels]]
 * [[SPSS/Aggregate|Aggregate]]
 * [[SPSS/AlterType|Alter Type]]
 * [[SPSS/ApplyDictionary|Apply Dictionary]]
 * [[SPSS/Loop#Break|Break]]
 * [[SPSS/CasesToVars|CasesToVars]]
 * [[SPSS/Cd|Cd]]
 * [[SPSS/Compute|Compute]]
 * [[SPSS/Count|Count]]
 * [[SPSS/Crosstabs|Crosstabs]]
 * [[SPSS/CTables|CTables]]
 * [[SPSS/DataList|Data List]]
 * [[SPSS/Dataset|Dataset]]
 * [[SPSS/DeleteVariables|Delete Variables]]
 * [[SPSS/Descriptives|Descriptives]]
 * [[SPSS/Display|Display]]
 * [[SPSS/DoRepeat|Do Repeat]]
 * [[SPSS/Execute|Execute]]
 * [[SPSS/FileHandle|File Handle]]
 * [[SPSS/Filter|Filter]]
 * [[SPSS/Formats|Formats]]
 * [[SPSS/Frequencies|Frequencies]]
 * [[SPSS/Host|Host]]
 * [[SPSS/If|If]]
 * [[SPSS/Include|Include]]
 * [[SPSS/InputProgram|Input Program]]
 * [[SPSS/Insert|Insert|]]
 * [[SPSS/Leave|Leave]]
 * [[SPSS/Loop|Loop]]
 * [[SPSS/MatchFiles|Match Files]]
 * [[SPSS/MissingValues|Missing Values]]
 * [[SPSS/MRSets|MR Sets]]
 * [[SPSS/MultResponse|Mult Response]]
 * [[SPSS/Numeric|Numeric]]
 * [[SPSS/Output|Output]]
 * [[SPSS/Print|Print]]
 * [[SPSS/Rank|Rank]]
 * [[SPSS/Recode|Recode]]
 * [[SPSS/RenameVariables|Rename Variables]]
 * [[SPSS/Select|Select]]
 * [[SPSS/SortCases|Sort Cases]]
 * [[SPSS/SplitFile|Split File]]
 * [[SPSS/StarJoin|Star Join]]
 * [[SPSS/String|String]]
 * [[SPSS/SysFileInfo|SysFile Info]]
 * [[SPSS/Temporary|Temporary]]
 * [[SPSS/Update|Update]]
 * [[SPSS/ValueLabels|Value Labels]]
 * [[SPSS/VariableLabels|Variable Labels]]
 * [[SPSS/VariableLevel|Variable Level]]
 * [[SPSS/VariableWidth|Variable Width]]
 * [[SPSS/VarsToCases|VarsToCases]]
 * [[SPSS/Weight|Weight]]
 * [[SPSS/Write|Write]]
Line 52: Line 113:
== Systems Administration == == Programming ==
Line 54: Line 115:
 * [[SPSS/Unicode|Unicode]]  * [[SPSS/Macro|Macros]]
 * [[SPSS/Python|Python]]
 * [[SPSS/SystemVariables|System Variables]]
 * [[SPSS/Vectors|Vectors]]

----



== See also ==

[[https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/index.html|PSPP user manual]]

[[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/pspp-users/|pspp-users maillist archive]]

SPSS

SPSS is both a static-typed, interpreted programming language and a proprietary application used to run programs written in SPSS. PSPP is a free and open-source implementation of the interpretter.


SPSS and PSPP

IBM has owned SPSS since version 16 and has done their best to erase older versions from history. IBM has also erased the headless mode of operation. Official support and online documentation is only available for versions 25 and later. Beyond that, a user manual in PDF format is distributed with the SPSS application.

PSPP is a GNU project to create a free and open-source application that can run programs written in the SPSS language. The PSPP project fully supports headless operation.

Installing PSPP

Many Linux and BSD operating systems offer a pspp package.

The project no longer maintains an official Windows build.


Data Model

Syntax

Commands

Programming


See also

PSPP user manual

pspp-users maillist archive


CategoryRicottone

SPSS (last edited 2025-12-19 21:51:47 by DominicRicottone)