Item: IBM SPSS Statistics
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM SPSS Statistics

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Provides us with insight into basic statistical type of analysis related to our Construction business and specifically our estimating data. As Excel has limitations in handling large datasets of volume which we require to analyze and compare, this platform gives us an effective tool in order to achieve a simple way to evaluate and interpret the results.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Reporting the results/findings
Assists in preparing the data set quickly
Efficient in providing an evaluation of the analysis

Cons

Could be more user freindly
Reports could be better
Cost/pricing

Return on Investment

Makes data processing efficient, much less manual entry
Provides budget/cost savings through efficiency
Cuts down on quality control by at least 50%

Most Valuable Capabilities

The pull down menus make things simple. The command syntax can easily be pasted using the paste function by the user. Various different views can be also be toggled. IBM SPSS Statistics can also read and write data quickly from ASCII text files including hierarchical files, in addition to reading and writing external relational database tables.

Achievements Enabled

Command syntax programming has allowed for us to complete reproducible output, where this simplifies repetitive tasks and the handling of complex data manipulations and analyses. Additionally, complex applications get programmed in syntax but are not accessible through the menu structure. With the pull-down menu interface, we can also generate command syntax, which gets displayed in the output.

Alternatives Considered

3sysACADEMIC, CyberCPR and EViews

IBM SPSS Statistics stacks up much better and overall gives the user a much better as well as simpler means to achieve their end goal. It provides a comprehensive set of well tested data management, along with statistical procedures in an easy to use and all in one package allowing seamless integration.

Key Insights

Do you think IBM SPSS Statistics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM SPSS Statistics's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM SPSS Statistics live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM SPSS Statistics go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM SPSS Statistics again?

Yes

Other Software Used

JMP, Stata, MATLAB

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM SPSS Statistics puts constraints on internal file structure as well as data types and data processing, in addition to matching files. All this ability combined considerably simplifies programming. The datasets have two-dimensional table structures where the rows represent specific cases and the columns represent measurements. All data processing then occurs sequentially case-by-case through the file.

IBM SPSS Statistics two thumbs up

Modules Used