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SPSS Statistics

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Get a warning when the number of authorization codes run out

This has to do with the authorization codes. Specially big universities that handle a lot of users want to get a warning when the number of authorizations code is on the way to run out. They don't want to risk the case that a student ask for a lic...
almost 5 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

SPSS License Manager's log file should log both "Client PC IP address" and "Client PC Host name".

SPSS License Manager's log file log only "Client PC Host name", and doesn't log "Client PC IP address". If Client PC has Host name, the log file logged only Client PC Host name. It is difficult to know the PC's IP address. My customer would like ...
about 5 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

On restrictions on String variables used for 'Grouping Valiable' of 'Independent-Samples T test'

About 'Grouping Valiable' of 'Independent-Samples T test'. Improvement request I would like to use Long String (eg 24 bytes) as 'Grouping Valiable'. In the case of String variable, only variables that variable width is 8 or less can be input to [G...
about 5 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

More convenient search, find, and enter variables in the input dialog box

Analysis procedures need variable names but it is time consuming to have to scroll through the list when there are hundreds of variables. It would help if there was a better way to search, find, and enter the variable names. At the very least, if ...
about 5 years ago in SPSS Statistics 2 Functionality already exists

Settings in crosstables when weighting is on

When weighting is on and you do the same frequency crosstable with both the crosstabs command and the custom tables command, the 2 tables don't always show the same Counts because of different settings. Crosstabs round the Counts Before, and that ...
over 5 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

Setting to not offer public tables when importing data from a database

This issue is also described here: https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/464796/list-of-tables-when-importing-from-oracle-database.html This might only concern Oracle databases, but possibly others as well. In SPSS one can import data from...
over 5 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

Include both STAR JOIN and MERGE DATA in menu

In SPSS version 25 the STAR JOIN function was removed from the menu. STAR JOIN still works, but can not be found anymore in the menu under Data – Merge Files – Add Variables as in previous versions of SPSS. Under Data – Merge Files – Add Variables...
over 5 years ago in SPSS Statistics 2 Not under consideration

Pivot table row and column choice for Frequency tables

In SPSS, when you sort by X, Y and Z, these variables are assigned to the tables as row headings by default (probably to facilitate layout display). These items then need to be converted to column headings by dragging their variable names in pivot...
almost 6 years ago in SPSS Statistics 1 Not under consideration

SPSS need to work with a DQM environment

There is no work around for this issue. We are getting more and more customers asking to use SPSS and we can't offer it to them as a workable solution. This definitely needs to be addressed soon. Check with Michael on history of SPSS and Cognos da...
almost 6 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration

SPSS Statistics should calculate "test and extimate of population variance".

My customer would like to get "test and extimate of population variance" on SPSS Statistics (not sample variance). But I can't find "test and extimate of population mean" on SPSS Statistics. SPSS Statistics should calculate "test and extimate of p...
almost 6 years ago in SPSS Statistics 0 Not under consideration