SPSS

IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) provides data and statistical analysis, file management capabilities, graphics and reporting features. SPSS Modules include:

  • Advanced Statistics
  • Custom Tables
  • Forecasting
  • Regression
  • Tables Original
  • Trends Original
  • Data Preparation
  • Bootstrapping
  • Neural Networks

 

How to Get SPSS

Students

  • Current UW Students are licensed to use SPSS free of charge for use on computers they own personally. To download the installer and student authorization code, click here.

Faculty, Staff, or UW-Owned Lab Computers

  • Faculty and staff may purchase SPSS through UWare by filling out the purchase request form “Order SPSS” below.
  • Concurrent licenses are available for lab computers on-campus or connected via VPN. We recommend purchasing several licenses equal to the maximum number of computers expected to be used concurrently.
  • Dealing with a concurrent license requires installing Sentinel LM (License Manager) from IBM. The authorization code is entered in the LM server. The SPSS is configured to access the Sentinel LM you installed to check out the license. The local IT support team should be involved in deploying this license type.
  • Purchase requires a valid UW funding source via worktags and authorization from a budget coordinator.
  • No Procurement cards or direct sales to individuals are available.
  • SPSS is available through an annual subscription, with the license period running from July 1 through June 30.
  • UW-IT cannot prorate or refund the cost of the SPSS license subscription.
  • UW-IT will automatically bill for the SPSS license in the next license cycle. Do NOT submit a new purchase request for an existing SPSS license.
Order SPSS

License Details

  • Attention Mac OS 14 “Sonoma” users: If you have upgraded your OS, you must install an IBM fix for SPSS. The fix pack is in the first table labeled “SPSS FIX PACKS” on this page. 
  • The authorized user license is assigned to an individual. The client application may be installed on up to two devices and is only available to that specific user.
  • An individual license can not be assigned to a shared UW NetID.
  • Once purchased, you will be automatically billed for your SPSS subscription annually unless you cancel the renewal before the cancellation deadline. For more information about the cancellation deadline or to submit a cancellation request form, visit: https://itconnect.uw.edu/tools-services-support/software-computers/uware/uw-software-renewal-cancellation-request/.
  • You must reactivate your SPSS license every year. The Authorization codes are provided here, and IBM provides renewal instructions here.

 

 

Additional Information

SPSS FAQs

  • You can install individual Authorized User SPSS Licenses on up to two machines.
  • For concurrent SPSS Licenses, users may install the software on as many computers as they wish but can only use the software on as many computers at once as they have licenses for. You must use the Sentinel License Manager to monitor license usage.

  • Yes

  • No.

  • The license can be transferred to another user at the department’s request.
  • The subscription can be canceled using the Cancellation Request Form. (Please read all the details related to cancellation.)

  • Your purchased product’s activation and installation instructions are on the IBM SPSS: Downloads page.

  • Renewed licenses are activated through the SPSS License Authorization Wizard (LAW). The authorization codes are provided on this page. IBM provides instructions on how to use the Wizard here

Quick Facts

Available for

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff

Platform

PC, Mac

Cost

Authorized User License

  • Free for Students
  • $190

Concurrent User License

  • $190 per device

All sales are final. 

Category:

  • Free for Students
  • Statistics

Documentation and Support