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SPSS Statistics

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Allow for at least 3500 locations in spatio-temporal modeler

Many analyst look at county-level data of the whole nation when performing research (i.e. ~3200 counties). Analyzing parts of the country within themselves (if we were to break up the counties into regions) is not telling very much. Others look at...
over 7 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

EMM table in MIXED procedure

The EMM tables in MIXED procedure does not print the cell N's, only other descriptives related to the EMMs. The N's are needed for reports. The descriptive option contains the N's but when there are numerous factors in the model, it is very confus...
over 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

More outputs in Descriptive Statistics option (called by right mouse button on variable name)

It would be nice, if the Descriptive Statistics option (called by right mouse button on variable name) gave more than basics statistics in table - for example relevant chart which is define by Measure (nominal - bar or pie chart, scale histogram)....
over 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

SPSS Needs to Support Linux Displaying Remotely ( concurrent license on linux )

SPSS must support concurrent licensing on Linux and the ability to display remotely to work on large HPC and Application clusters that are based on Linux. Most HPC and Application clusters run on Linux. Popular platforms include Grid Engine, SLURM...
over 8 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Add Effect Size Calculations to Linear Mixed Models

Given the importance of practical significance, it is vital that linear mixed models (LMM) incorporate effect size calculations. It is already possible to calculate some measure of effect size with SAS. More and more journals are requiring that ef...
almost 9 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Error due to the 251 character limitation in a line of syntax in Custom Dialogs

In Custom Dialog there is an error due to the 251 character limitation in a line of syntax when using a long variable list.We select the variables in the dialog box, pass it to the syntax with %%vars%% and there the error is produced, the python s...
almost 9 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

SPSS Statistics R Essentials doesn't recognize R failure

When SPSS Statistics server execute R script within Statistics Syntax file(.sps), the execution result will always show successful execution regardless if the R script is returning error. While in the job execution log, the log will show the R err...
about 9 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Need documentation for Statistics Server failure codes when jobstep submitted from C&DS

Sometimes an SPSS Statistics jobstep submitted from C&DS fails. In the output log for C&DS all that the end user knows is that the job failed and they see error codes like "-1", "-2", "-3", etc. However there is no documentation on what th...
over 9 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Containerize SPSS Concurrent License Manager

The SPSS Concurrent License Manager is a simple, lightweight sentinel perfect for containerization. A containerized version would be easier to sustain and upgrade via CI/CD to cloud infrastructure, while also reducing total cost of ownership to cu...
5 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Bug report: entering codes for missing values

I am running SPSS v29 under a concurrent license. Entering negative numbers for user defined missing values does not work now, neither in the Variable View or in Data&Define Varpiable Properties.
6 months ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration