IBM® SPSS® Statistics
Faculty or Staff of Bethel University
- For install on your Bethel owned computer: Contact ITS Help Desk to request installation on your Bethel Laptop or Desktop computer. If you will be running SPSS when not plugged into the campus network (at home, traveling, etc.), a Commuter License is required to run SPSS. The SPSS university enterprise version must be installed on your laptop for the Commuter License to work. This license will reside on your laptop and allow access to SPSS for the time period granted (10 day maximum and then must be renewed on campus). The Commuter License is only available to university-owned laptops. If you have questions please contact the help desk at 651-638-6500 #1. [Installing an SPSS Commuter License on Laptops]
- If you need longer term access then is allowed by the commuter license please contact TLT as we currently have a limited number of licenses for off-campus faculty for install on your personal computer. Use is limited to those faculty that teach course that utilize SPSS in a teaching related capacity and that do not have ready access to campus to allow for the use of a 10 day commuter license. Currently this is free but in the future there may be a charge of $38.15 per year for such personal license installs for faculty (Bethel cost on top of our site license).
Students of Bethel University
- Purchase for 6 or 12 months use online at http://www.onthehub.com/spss/
- SPSS is also available for use on all public lab computers at Bethel University including the University Library. It is also available on laptops and public computers for in building use at Anderson Center.
Student Version Support
For support please use the IBM SPSS Solutions for Education Support Portal
Either contact the vendor from which you purchased the software or open a Support Request following the steps on the page linked above. There is an excellent knowledge base as well that might answer your questions.
Windows Installation Instructions if you purchase from the OnTheHub eStore
Mac Installation Instructions if you purchase from OnTheHub eStore
Good, YouTube Introduction to SPSS
LinkedIn Learning video: SPSS Statistics Essential Training
Faculty Support
While we can help you with installation, SPSS is a powerful statistical tool that requires graduate level training for effective use. We recommend that you find a colleague that understands both statistics and SPSS to aid you. Otherwise you also might find answers in the knowledge base. For questions or assistance contact the ITS Help Desk.
Class Use of SPSS
Faculty that would like to use SPSS for a specific class session have the following options available.
1. Attempt to schedule one of the Campus Technology Classrooms which have SPSS installed
All instructor workstations and Computer Classrooms have SPSS installed, including CC325 (35 computers), Hc254 (30 computers) and HC260 (22 computers).
2. Use a Mobile computing lab: Anderson Center classrooms also have access to a laptop cart with SPSS installed as part of the image. Contact TLT or CAPS/GS for information about the Anderson Center cart, which can be reserved using the online Reservation Form.
3. Students that are expected to purchase a 6 or 12 month license could be asked to also bring their laptops to class. If not all students are able to do this, the instructor could arrange to check out laptops from the Library pool for use by the students during the class session. Booking these in advance would be a good idea (booking reservation form).
SPSS Statistics Essential Training Tutorials on LinkedIn Learning
A practical, visual, and non-mathematical approach to the basics of statistical concepts and data analysis in SPSS, the statistical package for business, government, research, and academic organization.
Alternate Statistical Tools
SOFA Statistics (Statistics Open For All) - open source, free, simple statistics package with descriptive, graphical, ANOVA analysis (Mac, Win, Linux)
SAS OnDemand for Academics - SAS OnDemand for Academics provides an online delivery model for teaching and learning data management and analytics. By connecting to a SAS-hosted server over the Web, users access the analytical power of SAS software through a user-friendly, point-and-click interface. (Free for Educational Use, requires a high speed internet connection, not Macintosh compatible)
The R Project for Statistical Computing - R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. Bethel R Page
Excel
Macintosh - Use the Excel addin StatPlus:mac LE for free from AnalystSoft with Excel 2011
Windows - Use the built in Analysis Toolpak.