SPSS is modular, tightly integrated, full-featured statistics software for the analytical process -
planning, data collecting, data access, data management and preparation, analysis, reporting, and
deployment. More information about the software and its capabilities is available on the
SPSS.com web site.
SPSS v.18 is now available. It is compatible with Windows 7 and Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
If you already own a license for v.16 or v.17 and are replacing it with v.18, see What do I need to do to upgrade or reinstall SPSS? for instructions about how to obtain a new license code.
Information Technology maintains an enterprise license for SPSS for Windows and a 115-seat license
for SPSS for Macintosh that allows departments to get SPSS at greatly reduced prices. Current
higher education pricing for SPSS Base, Advanced, and Regression software from SHI is $1812 per
installation.
SPSS licenses are valid from August 1 through July 31 of the following year. Licenses need to be renewed annually.
In order to more equitably share the cost of SPSS among all the departments that use the software and to better
allow departments to manage SPSS licenses used by their faculty, staff, and student employees, activation codes
will no longer be distributed directly to users through the IT website.
Instead, departments will need to place orders
for SPSS software needed by their users and manage the activation codes generated for those orders.
In order to fulfill the university's obligations to track where the licenses are installed, departments
will need to maintain the following information about each SPSS installation:
- Machine information (name, ID, or IP)
- Type of machine (KU-owned or personal)
- Name, Title and Department of person using the license
- Software licensed (Windows, Macintosh, individual add-on)
- Activation code used
This information can be tracked in the Excel spreadsheet containing the activation codes that will be sent
to departments after ordering.
SPSS for Windows: $20 per installation, including lab machines
SPSS for Macintosh: $102 per installation The 115 licenses of SPSS for
Macintosh have already been reserved by those departments that ordered it last year, so no
additional licenses are available from IT.*
Orders for add-on modules have been completed for this renewal period. Check with your department for availability.
Students may purchase or lease the SPSS Student Edition – a basic version
containing the core SPSS components – or the SPSS Graduate Pack – a more advanced version
containing more components – for a reduced student rate from an
SPSS-authorized online
retailer*.
Faculty using the SPSS/PASW software for teaching purposes may obtain the
SPSS Faculty Pack,
available exclusively from e-academy.com, containing SPSS for Windows or
Macintosh, plus 11 add-on modules. Amos, Sample Power, Data Entry Builder, and Data
Entry Station are not included in the faculty pack.
Faculty and Staff using SPSS software for research purchases may purchase
or lease the software through SHI or order from an SPSS-authorized online
retailer.
KU's SPSS license agreement allows us to make software and activation codes available for SPSS Base, Advanced Models, and Regression Models - version 17.0 and version 18.0 for Windows and versions 17.0 and 18.0 for Macintosh.
As of April, 2010, SPSS will no longer support or activate SPSS v.16 for Windows or Macintosh, so users of that software should make arrangements to move to v.17 or v.18 as soon as possible.
Software already installed:
SPSS activation codes can be purchased by departments using the
SPSS order form.
Need installation software:
KU faculty and staff (Lawrence and Edwards campuses): SPSS software is available on the
KU SPSS download menu page. SPSS activation codes can be purchased by departments
using the SPSS order form.
KU Med faculty and staff: A download site for SPSS version 17 software for Windows is available on the MyKUMC portal. In order to obtain your unique activation code(s) contact: 1) SON employees contact Tom DeCock tdecock@kkumc.edu ; 2) SAH employees contact Jeremy Pennington jpennington@kumc.edu ; 3) KUMC - Wichita employees contact Penni Smith psmith3@kumc.edu 4) everyone else contact the help desk by submitting a ticket to https://scsupport.kumc.edu/ess.do or calling 8-7995. If you need assistance installing or activating SPSS contact the Help Desk.
Student employees (GTAs, GRAs, etc.) should check with their department to see if a copy of SPSS was purchased for them.
Any student may purchase or lease the SPSS Student Edition - a basic version containing the core SPSS components - or the SPSS Graduate Pack - a more advanced version containing more components - for a reduced student rate from an SPSS-authorized online retailer*.
If you find yourself needing to upgrade or reinstall SPSS, you can obtain the installation software from the SPSS Download Menu.
You will also need a new activation code for the software. Follow the directions below to get the replacement code.
Upgrading SPSS for Windows: KU's SPSS license agreement allows the software to be upgraded during the license period without an additional charge. If you wish to upgrade an existing installation, you will need to contact Statistical Software Sales to get an activation code for the new version. To do so, please send the original activation code to statssoftware@ku.edu and request a code for the upgraded software. Make sure you specify the version of SPSS for the new code.
Reinstalling SPSS for Windows: SPSS activation codes can be used only once to activate the software. If you replace or reimage the computer upon SPSS resides, you will need to contact Statistical Software Sales to get a replacement code. In order to get the new code, please send the original activation code and a brief explanation of why you need a replacement code to statssoftware@ku.edu.
Special note for Macintosh and Add-on users: Since SPSS for Macintosh and SPSS add-on modules are licensed differently than SPSS for Windows, Statistical Software Sales cannot keep replacement codes for these products on hand. Replacement codes for Macintosh and add-on installations are requested from SPSS as they are needed. Please send the original activation code and a brief description of what you need to statssoftware@ku.edu. It can take several working days for SPSS to generate the new codes, so please submit your request for a new code as soon as possible to allow time for processing.
Workshops are available through Instructional Services. A list of
workshops is available online.
Go to the Filter workshop list menu on the right side of the screen, select
Data Analysis and Statistics from the –by category– listing, then click the
Filter button. For more information, call or email Instructional Services
(864-0410 or training@ku.edu).
Individual assistance is also available. To request individual assistance,
please call the IT Customer Service Center at 864-8080 or email
itcsc@ku.edu.
If you have questions about purchasing or renewing SPSS software, please contact
IT Fiscal Services at 864-0494 or email statssoftware@ku.edu.
If you need assistance downloading, installing or using SPSS, please contact your
department's technical support staff or call the IT Customer Service Center at
864-8080 or email itcsc@ku.edu.
Information Services' Instructional Services offers instructor-led
SPSS workshops
for the entire KU Community.
*SPSS has renamed its SPSS software. It is now called PASW Statistics. The software can be listed under either name, so search for both "SPSS" and "PASW" on those sites to make sure that you are seeing all the SPSS software available.
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