<P> SPSS Statistics is a software package used for interactive, or batched, statistical analysis . Long produced by SPSS Inc., it was acquired by IBM in 2009 . The current versions (2015) are named IBM SPSS Statistics . </P> <P> The software name originally stood for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), reflecting the original market, although the software is now popular in other fields as well, including the health sciences and marketing . </P> <P> SPSS is a widely used program for statistical analysis in social science . It is also used by market researchers, health researchers, survey companies, government, education researchers, marketing organizations, data miners, and others . The original SPSS manual (Nie, Bent & Hull, 1970) has been described as one of "sociology's most influential books" for allowing ordinary researchers to do their own statistical analysis . In addition to statistical analysis, data management (case selection, file reshaping, creating derived data) and data documentation (a metadata dictionary is stored in the datafile) are features of the base software . </P> <P> Statistics included in the base software: </P>

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