SPSS Output Tricks

SPSS output usually looks terrible. However, it doesn’t have to: you can manually style your tables and charts in the output window. The styles you apply such as colors, borders and fonts can be saved as SPSS chart templates and SPSS table templates. These can easily be reapplied to future output. A little known trick -but a real life saver […]

Remove Value Label from Multiple Variables

Question “I’d like to completely remove the value label from a value for many variables at once. Is there an easy way to accomplish that?” SPSS Python Syntax Example begin program. variables = ‘v1 to v5‘ # Specify variables here. value = 3 # Specify value to unlabel here. import spss,spssaux vDict = spssaux.VariableDict(caseless = True) varList […]

Overview All SPSS Commands

The table below lists all SPSS commands and the additional licenses -if any- you need for using them. This overview is based on SPSS version 22 but we hope to soon update it for version 24. Consult the notes section for some tips on using the table or downloading it as an SPSS (.sav) data file. Overview NAME TYPE OPTION […]

SPSS Output Viewer Window

SPSS’ Output Viewer window is the window that contains all output we generate. The most typical output items are tables and charts that describe patterns in our data. An Output Viewer window opens automatically when we generate output. It’s recognized by a purple icon  (or  for older SPSS versions). SPSS Output Viewer Window – Example We recommend […]