![]() You can't just plug any data into SPSS and say "Go." It has to be properly formatted and cleaned before it will be used. There is a steep learning curve, but it's worth the time. IBM claims it is easy to learn, use, and apply, but it's not. Generally, it's a challenging piece of software to use. It was way too time-consuming and difficult. SPSS has functions to edit and change color, font, spacing, etc., but it's unbelievably fiddly, and I gave up. My consultants expect glossy, readable charts, graphs, tables, etc. I'll typically take the output data and recreate the chart in Excel. The output of charts and graphs that SPSS produces is hideous. That said, it does seem a bit strange to me that the graphical output functions are so clunky after all these years. SPSS is a tool that's been around since the late 60s, and it's the universal worldwide standard for quantitative social science data analysis.
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