IBM SPSS Statistics is a statistical software suite developed by IBM for data management, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, and criminal investigation. Previously developed by SPSS Inc, and has since been acquired by IBM in 2009. In a nutshell, the IBM SPSS software bridges the gap between data science and data understanding and offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast library of machine learning algorithms, text analysis, open-source extensibility, integration with big data, and seamless deployment into applications. Here are some related SPSS products: IBM SPSS Modeler (exposes patterns and models hidden in data through a bottom-up, hypothesis generation approach), and IBM SPSS Modeler in Cloud Pak for Data (enables you to take advantage of SPSS Modeler on the public cloud). Want to learn more about its features and benefits etc, kindly click on this link.
If you have your software shop (portal) in your organisation or institution, you may want to download this software from it. In my case, I downloaded it from there, therefore, I will not be sharing any download link. Else, you may want to create an IBM SPSS Statistics trial account at no cost. Kindly use this link for registration. For student and faculty version, see the following link.SPSS Statistics is available by subscription which offers you greater speed and ease of use than ever before. Because IBM SPSS Statistics Subscription does not rely on the traditional SPSS Statistics licensing model, you are provided more flexibility with your purchasing options. You can purchase the software as a monthly subscription without any term commitments. The following steps will walk you through the IBM SPSS Statistics Subscription purchasing process. Navigate to the IBM SPSS Statistics portal. You are presented with options for downloading the trial version or purchasing the IBM SPSS Statistics Subscription Base version and the available add-ons
If you have already purchased IBM SPSS Statistics Subscription from the IBM Marketplace. To download and install IBM SPSS Statistics Subscription, go to the IBM Marketplace and follow the steps below.
- Sign in with your IBM account (also known as IBMid). You must register for an IBMid if you do not already have an active IBM account.
- After you log in, your account profile provides a Product and Services section that displays all of the IBM products and services to which you are entitled.
- Click Download next to IBM SPSS Statistics Subscription.
As I said, the IBM Statistics software is available to me and will be downloaded as shown below from my university software library. In order to run the IBM SPSS program, kindly ensure Java JRE is installed. See the following guide on how to install Java Runtime Environment on Mac OS“.
Now that the SPSS client has been downloaded, locate and open the installation file by double-clicking on it as shown below.
The following window is just informational. To proceed, click on continue.
On the License window, click on Continue
Click Agree to accept the terms in the license agreement
On the “Destination Select”, you can set your installation path (by selecting the disk). Then click on Continue.
I would recommend you leave the default path
Finally, click on Install to have IBM SPSS Statistics installed on your device.
You will be prompted to enter your password in order to have the program installed. After entering the password, click on “Install Software”.
As you can see, installation is currently in progress and completed. You can click on close to have the window closed.
Upon a successful installation, the following applications will be present on your device.
Activation – Method 1
Launch the SPSS statistics and activate as shown below. Click on “Launch License Wizard”.
Click on Next on the following Window
On the product authorization wizard, select the first option “Authorized user license” as shown below.
Then enter the license code, and click on Add.
To proceed, click on Next.
As you can see below, the authorization started and was completed successfully. Click on Next to continue.
As you can see, the license effective dates are stated and will be infective when next the product starts.
You will be prompted with the following window to either restart now or later. I have decided to restart now!
Upon restart and application launch, the following window below will be prompted. Now, you can continue using the SPSS software as you wish!
Subsequently, to open the application, click on the Launchpad app, and search or locate the application named "SPSS Statistics", and launch it.
SPSS silent installation on macOS
A silent, unattended installation does not display a graphical interface and does not require any user intervention. Use the following command to run a silent installation. On macOS, you must run as root or with the sudo command.
sudo installer -pkg IBM\ SPSS\ Statistics.pkg -target /
If you want to push a silent installation on macOS with an activated license, you must write a script that executes the silent installation command and calls the license activator tools after the installation completes. See the example below.
sudo installer -pkg IBM\ SPSS\ Statistics.pkg -target / cd /Applications/IBM\ SPSS\ Statistics/Resources/Activation
After installation, you can use the following command to disable Internet connectivity features (information sharing, error reporting, and welcome screen updates). The command must be run from the /Applications/IBM SPSS Statistics/Resources/Configuration directory (this is the default installation location):
./Configure NO
SPSS uninstallation on macOS
You can drag the installation folder by default, (/Applications/IBM SPSS Statistics) to the Trash or launch Applications and right-click on the IBM SPSS Statistics, and select move to trash.
If you wish, you may empty your Trash!
Wish to learn more about how to use this tool, kindly take a look at this guide.