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Easily Identify Your Best Customers - PDF file

This paper focuses on how a company might identify its best or most valuable customers, but the same processes could be used for other customer segments. Knowledge about your best customers—their attitudes, purchase patterns, and demographic profiles—is the key to developing and implementing successful marketing and customer relationship management programs.

Excerpt from Data Warehousing: Strategies, Technologies and Techniques: Statistical Analysis - PDF file
Data mining is uncovering the hidden meaning and relationships in the massive amounts of data stored in the data warehouse. In short, the value of the data warehouse lies in the information that can be derived from its data through the mining process. (DMWP)

Explode Six Direct Marketing Myths: Maximize Campaign Effectiveness with Analytic Technology - PDF file
Like many direct marketers, you may be using some sort of software to maximize the value of your customer and prospect data. But your challenge is finding software that meets your specific needs so that all aspects of your campaigns demonstrate a quantifiable, positive impact on your organization. This paper focuses on six myths that surround direct marketing best practices. It also discusses how your organization can use specific analytical techniques and tools to bust these myths and maximize your bottom line - so you won't just survive, you'll thrive.

Five Predictive Imperatives for Maximizing Customer Value - PDF file

Learn about the five “predictive imperatives”—essential best practices for improving customer relationships with predictive analytics, identified through SPSS Inc.'s more than 40 years of experience with a wide range of companies.

Future of Program Evaluation In the Era of Government Reinvention, The - PDF file
Governing bodies and their oversite committees, such as U.S. Congressional committees, need information to make decisions on programs they oversee. This information, which reveals whether a program is working and if it is effective, often falls into three very general categories: descriptive, implementation and effect. (SWPPROEV)

How to get more value from your survey data - PDF file
This white paper introduces you to four types of advanced analysis—cluster, factor, reliability, and regression—that can help you gain more important insights that you might miss using more basic methods. By expanding your survey analysis toolkit, you can delve deeper into your data to increase your understanding of survey responses and respondents. Download this white paper today to learn more about these important analysis methods. (HMVSWP-1203)

Linear mixed-effects modeling in PASW Statistics - PDF file

The linear mixed-effects model (MIXED) procedure in PASW Statistics enables you to fit linear mixed-effects models to data sampled from normal distributions. This report illustrates the types of models that MIXED handles and compares MIXED to the general linear model (GLM) and variance components (VARCOMP) procedures.

Mass Valuation with PASW Statistics - PDF file

PASW Statistics is a powerful statistical analytical product that provides an ideal toolset for assessors and others engaged in property valuation. It works in conjunction with all common databases and computer-assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) packages. Assessors can PASW Statistics to enhance their existing CAMA systems in a variety of ways. This white paper outlines some of the most common applications by providing an overview of the principle SPSS features assessors use and examples of valuation output in PASW Statistics. Written by Robert J. Gloudemans of Almy, Gloudemans, Jacobs & Denne.

Missing data: the hidden problem - Draw more valid conclusions with PASW Missing Values - PDF file

Just about everyone doing analysis has some missing data, especially survey researchers, market researchers, database analysts, researchers and social scientists. Missing data includes questions without answers or variables without observations. Even a small percent of missing data can cause serious problems with your analysis leading you to draw wrong conclusions. This white paper presents a case study demonstrating how missing data can affect your analysis and the decisions you make based on your results. It uses PASW Missing Values to overcome a missing data problem to make better decisions.
 

Nucleus Research - IBM and SPSS: Analytics for Everyone - PDF file
IBM's SPSS acquisition gives SPSS users a broader support network, IBM Cognos users a predictive analytics platform, and more enterprise users one-stop shopping. Looking to the future, that could mean analytics - and better predictive decision making - on every desktop.

Nucleus Research - IBM and SPSS: Analytics for Everyone - Web Page
IBM's SPSS acquisition gives SPSS users a broader support network, IBM Cognos users a predictive analytics platform, and more enterprise users one-stop shopping. Looking to the future, that could mean analytics - and better predictive decision making - on every desktop.

Nucleus Research Reveals the Real ROI of SPSS Predictive Analytics - PDF file
Predictive analytics solutions take a step beyond basic business intelligence tools, using complex statistical models and algorithms as well as other data mining and analysis tools. One of the key vendors in this space, SPSS offers predictive analytic applications, data mining and text mining tools, and comprehensive statistical analysis software to support decision making processes.

Optimal scaling methods for multivariate categorical data analysis - PDF file

Optimal scaling has a long history, briefly reviewed in this paper. The Data Theory Group at Leiden University in the Netherlands has done much to systematize optimal scaling, making it a vital ingredient of a comprehensive multidimensional data analysis framework called the Data Theory Scaling System (DTSS). The system has a lot of potential for the analysis of multivariate data that are qualitative, non-normally distributed, or incomplete. Optimal scalong can easily deal with nonlinear relationships between the variables to be analyzed. A crucial aspect of DTSS is the graphical display of the results of the analysis.

PASW Statistics Base Server: New hardware recommendations - PDF file

This white paper provides guidelines on hardware requirements for PASW Statistics Base Server (formerly called SPSS Statistics Base Server), so your organization obtains the maximum benefit from this powerful data management package. Topics covered include CPU and cores, memory, disk storage, disk controllers, disk drives, and network cards.

Satisfaction survey analysis using statistics: You'll be delighted with the results - PDF file

Satisfaction surveys are an important tool for assessing the satisfaction of your customers, employees, patients and readers. Without a reliable way to analyze the responses, however, you risk making important decisions based on incomplete or superficial information.

Save money and make better decisions with SPSS Exact Tests - PDF file

You can generate significant revenue and leads for your business with the right direct mail packet. But finding the best combination of list, offer and creative requires you to thoroughly test and carefully analyze the results of your campaign.

SPSS Survey Tips - PDF file
A handy guide to help you save time and money as you plan, develop, and execute your surveys (STIP)

Statistics in government - PDF file

Why use statistics? What are the benefits of using an advanced statistical tool? This white paper highlights the strategic advantages of using statistical analysis techniques.

Structural Equation Modeling with Amos™ - PDF file

This paper provides an overview of the research done by Dr. Maxwell K. Hsu, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, on the role service quality plays in predicting customer satisfaction and customer behavioral intentions in two types of service industries: lodging and retail banking. The author explains how SEM was applied, starting with PASW Statistics and then using Amos, to investigate the underlying relationships between service quality, satisfaction, and behavioral intentions. (SEMEB)

The How’s and Why’s of Survey Research - PDF file

Survey research is much more than simply asking someone a few questions. It’s a multiple step process with a clearly defined protocol at each step. This white paper discusses survey research by breaking it up into a seven-step process—and clearly detailing how you maximize your efforts every step of the way. At each stage, it also shows how technology can improve your results to make the entire survey research process easier and more effective.

The Risks of Using Spreadsheets for Statistical Analysis - PDF file

While spreadsheets are popular and useful tools, some tasks are beyond the limits of their capabilities. Download this white paper to learn the risks you may be running by using a spreadsheet instead of SPSS Inc. statistical software to carry out statistical calculations.

Thinking About Exact Statistics - PDF file

In this article, we review the fundamentals of statistical testing, define the concept of an exact test, and give an example. Note that we focus on Type 1 errors and do not directly address the subjects of Type II error or statistical power.
 

Using satisfaction surveys to achieve a competitive advantage - PDF file

The technology available to both you and your competitors has made it easier to duplicate each other's products or services. Excellent customer satisfaction is one of the few ways to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.

Product demos

Product demo results for:  SPSS

Amos 18 - (70.5MB)

Download a full, working copy of Amos™ 18.0 and try it for yourself. Amos provides you with powerful and easy-to-use structural equation modeling (SEM) software. Create more realistic models than if you used standard multivariate statistics or multiple regression models alone. Using Amos, you specify, estimate, assess, and present your model in an intuitive path diagram to show hypothesized relationships among variables. Please note that this software trial will expire in approximately 14 days and is for evaluation purposes only.

PASW Statistics 18 - (305MB)

PASW Statistics™ is a modular, tightly integrated, full-featured software comprised of PASW Statistics Base and a range of modules. Each module—PASW Advanced Statistics, PASW Bootstrapping, PASW Categories, PASW Complex Samples, PASW Conjoint, PASW Custom Tables, PASW Data Preparation, PASW Decision Trees, PASW Direct Marketing, PASW Exact Tests, PASW Forecasting, PASW Missing Values, PASW Neural Networks, and PASW Regression—adds extra functionality to your system.

This evaluation version will install the entire PASW Statistics package for 21 days for Windows and 21 days for Mac. This version is to be used only to review, demonstrate and evaluate PASW Statistics, and cannot be reinstalled once the time period has expired. 64-bit is now available for Windows though not as a trial version. For purchasing options, please contact SPSS Inc. sales at salesbox@us.ibm.com.

This trial version is a pre-purchase evaluation, and is not meant for student course work. If you are a student, view our options available for students.

PASW Statistics Developer - (308MB)
PASW Statistics Developer helps users integrate the power of R and Python into a powerful workbench that provides all of the core functionality of PASW Statistics modules, except for the statistical algorithms. The product acts as the perfect workbench in which the power of R and Python can be leveraged and then deployed to a wider audience of users with any other PASW Statistics module such as PASW Statistics Base, PASW Advanced Statistics, PASW Regression, etc.

This evaluation version will install PASW Developer for 21 days for Windows and 30 days for Mac. This version is to be used only to review, demonstrate and evaluate PASW Developer, and cannot be reinstalled once the time period has expired. 64-bit is now available for Windows, though not as a trial version. For purchasing options, please contact SPSS Inc. sales at salesbox@us.ibm.com.

If you purchase PASW Statistics during or after the evaluation period, please consult your local sales office to ensure you order the correct modules for the features you require. The license code you receive after purchase will fully activate your installed trial version with the correct modules and time period. You will not need to take delivery of a PASW Statistics CD or download the electronic version if you elect electronic delivery or order from the Web store.

Trial versions are available for Windows® and Mac users and the help content is in English only. There are language packs available to extend the software for additional languages. Language packs, installation instructions, user manuals, and other supporting downloads can be accessed at http://support.spss.com/default.asp?refpage=ProductsExt/Spss%20statistics/ESDwelcome.asp

SPSS Advantage™ for Excel® 2007 - (90MB)
Download the free trial version of SPSS Advantage for Excel 2007. This Microsoft® Excel add-on product enables business users to seamlessly add select SPSS functionality to Microsoft® Excel 2007, gaining powerful data utility and analysis tools. The trial is the full version of SPSS Advantage for Excel 2007 with a free 14-day trial license. To purchase SPSS Advantage for Excel and obtain an authorization code for perpetual use, contact SPSS Inc. If you are in North America, call 1.800.543.2185 or e-mail salesbox@us.ibm.com. To find out the availability of SPSS Advantage for Excel in your area, contact your local office.

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