SPSS at Holy Cross

A blog providing resources and support related to use of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences at the College of the Holy Cross

Patches for SPSS version 16


Go here to download several patches (a.k.a. “bug fixes”) to SPSS version 16 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. These allegedly fix performance issues related to working with and exporting large tables.

There is also a discussion thread on the comp.soft-sys.stat.spss discussion forum that address these and other issues with SPSS 16.

The patches must be downloaded and run on your individual computer once you have installed SPSS 16.


SPSS 16 now available


SPSS version 16 is now available at Holy Cross for both Windows and Mac users.

Windows users can install SPSS 16 via the NAL window. Double-click the SPSS 16 icon and the software will be installed to your computer, registered and ready to go.

SPSS 16 for Mac users can be installed on either Intel or PowerPC machines. Contact Ron Sarja (rsarja@holycross.edu) or Richard Lent (rlent@holycross.edu) if you wish to have SPSS 16 installed on your Mac.


SPSS versions


At Holy Cross the current versions of SPSS are Version 15 for Windows and Version 13 for Mac OS X. The latest version is 16 for both Windows and Mac; the College should be upgrading to version 16 sometime this fall. Click here to download a PDF file describing the features of SPSS Version 16.