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Installing SPSS on your PC
This is a step by step guide to installing the statistical program SPSS.
Before you start
To perform the installation you will need:
- The SPSS installer and serial number both of which are available on the IT Services web site at sussex.ac.uk/its/spss (login required)
- Administration rights on the PC
- An internet connection
Note: This document contains screen shots taken from a typical installation on a PC running Vista.
Installation
Unzip the downloaded file, then right-click on the Windows Installer file and choose Run as administrator. Installation should start automatically and display the SPSS installation menu, shown below.
Then follow these step by step instructions:
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Click on Install IBM SPSS Statistics 23 Wait until the InstallShield Wizard window is displayed |
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Read the information Click Next > |
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Select Authorised User and click Next > |
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Read the License Agreement If you agree, select I accept the terms in the license agreement Click Next > |
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Enter IT Services for your User Name and University of Sussex for Organisation Click on Next > |
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Select the language for Help pages Click on Next > |
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Click Change if you want to change the destination folder where SPSS will be installed The default destination folder will be fine for most installations Click on Next > |
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Click on Install The SPSS installation will take several minutes |
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Wait until the installation is complete Click on Next > |
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To licence your copy of SPSS, click OK |
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To obtain your licence via the internet, make sure your internet connection is working and select License my product now and click Next > |
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Enter the SPSS for Windows version 22 authorisation code that you got from our SPSS page (login needed. Link opens in new window and you will need to login to fetch the code if you have not already done so) Click on Next > |
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You should see this screen when SPSS licensing has been successful Click Next > If you do not see this screen, you may have entered the code incorrectly, try clicking < Back and re-entering the authorisation code |
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Your copy of SPSS has now been successfully installed and licensed Remember that you will have to renew the codes each year, in July The new codes are put on our SPSS page (login needed) as soon as we receive them. Click on Finish > |
Other Resources
A full set of SPSS manuals are available in our how to guides.
created on 2010-02-03 by Patricia O-Brien
last updated on 2016-07-22 by David Guest