PSPP Tutorials

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This page is a hub for all of the PSPP Tutorials. 
Choose from the following options:

PSPP Tutorial: Descriptive Statistics I

PSPP Tutorial: Descriptive Statistics II

PSPP Tutorial: Inferential Statistics


Open source statistical analysis software for MES students
Work as an educational scientist, even if only just beginning, necessitates the use of statistical analysis software. The VUB’s course Introduction to Statistics is taught using a proprietary software called SPSS. However, a free, open source software, similarly and inversely named PSPP, is nearly identical in functionality to the proprietary SPSS with the other added benefits inherent with OSS; PSPP is available at no cost, features open source code for easy editing to the user’s needs, and an online support community of users and programmers.

SPSS vs. PSPP
Licenses for the download of the student version of the proprietary statistical analysis software, SPSS, are available to VUB students at a cost of about 20 euro for one year of use. VUBtiek offers the license key necessary to unlock a download of the software.

You need not purchase this software, however. Download PSPP, a nearly-identical variant for free! By opting for PSPP, you never have to worry that your ability to use the software will end at some point in the future. Unlike the proprietary software, PSPP offers all capabilities to users in one download. The proprietary software has tiered usage, which separates students from those the company deems higher-level users. There is one important drawback of the open source software users should know about. PSPP cannot open .spv files, the output documents, originally generated from proprietary SPSS.

Source links:
http://softweb.vub.ac.be/spss.php
http://www.vub.ac.be/infovoor/toekomstigestudenten/cursusdienst.html
http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/

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