SPSS
Technology & Computing abbreviation · Data & Database
| Stands for | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
|---|---|
| Categories | Technology & Computing |
SPSS stands for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, a data & database abbreviation.
Statistical software, now sold by IBM as SPSS Statistics, offering menu-driven analyses such as t-tests, regression, ANOVA and survey crosstabs. It is widely taught in psychology, sociology, nursing and market research.
Example: Run the regression in SPSS and paste the coefficients table into the thesis appendix.
Usage notes
Created in 1968 by Norman Nie, Dale Bent and Hadlai "Tex" Hull; IBM acquired SPSS Inc. in 2009. Its point-and-click interface suits researchers who do not program, though it also has a syntax language. Data files use the .sav extension.
Related abbreviations
More data & database abbreviations
- QPS – Queries per second
- RDBMS – Relational database management system
- RDF – Resource Description Framework
- SAS – Statistical Analysis System
- SCD – Slowly changing dimension
- SOR – System of record
- SSIS – SQL Server Integration Services
- SSOT – Single source of truth
- T-SQL – Transact-SQL
- TPS – Transactions per second
- TSDB – Time series database
- UDF – User-defined function