SPSS 29 / Download and install for students, faculty, and staff

Objective

  • To provide instruction and access to download IBM SPSS 29 for students, faculty, and staff use on their personally owned computer

Scope

  • Through a site-licensed contract, students, faculty, and staff may use SPSS on their personally owned computers while on the campus network or connected to MUVPN from an off-campus location
  • SPSS can be downloaded on both Mac and Windows computers

Environment

  • 336979: SPSS Statistics
    • ​​​​​​​IBM SPSS 29
  • Personally owned computers
    • Windows
    • MacOS
  • 751268: MUVPN - Standard User
  • (no asset record): Sonoma Fix

Overview 

  • IBM SPSS Statistics is a comprehensive, easy-to-use set of predictive analytic tools for business users, analysts, and statistical programmers
    • Perform powerful analysis and easily build visualizations and reports through a point-and-click interface
    • Reduce data preparation time by identifying invalid values, viewing patterns of missing data, and summarizing variable distributions
    • Analyze large data sets and prepare data in a single step with automated data preparation
    • Run advanced and descriptive statistics, regression, and more with an integrated interface
    • Enhance SPSS syntax with R and Python using a library of extensions or by building your own
    • Store files and data on your computer rather than in the cloud with SPSS that’s installed locally
  • More information on SPSS can be found here

Resolution

Note: Be sure that you are connected to MiamiOH-SECURE or — if you are off-campus — to MUVPN with Cisco AnyConnect before starting the installation and when using the application.

 

Windows Users

  1. Click on Download and Install to get started
  2. When prompted, enter your Miami credentials to begin the download
    • The installer will be saved in your Downloads folder
    • Do not power off, put to sleep, or disconnect from the network until the download is complete
  3. Click the file that was downloaded, displayed at the bottom of your browser window, to run the installer
  4. Files will first be extracted, and then the installer will open several command windows. The command windows will close when the install is complete
  5. Click Start, then type IBM SPSS to launch the application

 

Mac Users

Note: MacOS users on Sonoma (14.0 or higher) must follow the Sonoma Fix procedure (below) after the installation is complete.

  1. Click on Download and Install  to get started 
    • If prompted, enter your Miami credentials to begin the download
    • The installer will be saved to your Downloads folder
    • Do not power off, put to sleep, or disconnect from the network until the download is complete
  2. Navigate to the location your web browser downloaded the pkg file
  3. Press and hold the control key and click the package file (.pkg)
  4. Select Open to start the installation
  5. Click Continue to begin
  6. Click Continue
  7. Click Agree to agree to the license
  8. Click Continue when selecting a destination
  9. Click Install
  10. Click Close to complete the install
  11. Launch SPSS Statistics from the Applications folder
  12. The application will now open to a License not valid window — click Launch License Wizard
  13. Click Next on the License Status window
  14. Select the radio button for Concurrent user license (My organization purchased the product and my administrator gave me a computer name or IP address) 
  15. Click Next
  16. In the blank below License manager server name or IP address, enter the following hostname: spsslic.miamioh.edu 
  17. Click Next
  18. On the Licensing Completed window, click Finish
  19. If prompted to restart SPSS, click Restart

 

Notes 

  • MacOS users on Sonoma (14.0 or higher) must follow the Sonoma Fix procedure after the installation is complete
  • Sonoma Fix:
  1. Close any existing sessions of SPSS
  2. Click here to download the SPSS Sonoma Fix
    • Enter your Miami credentials, if prompted, to begin the download
    • The installer will be saved to your Downloads folder
  3. Navigate to the location your web browser downloaded the pkg file
  4. Double click the 29.0-IM-S29STATC-Mac-MD002.pkg
  5. Click Continue to begin
  6. Click Continue
  7. Click Continue
  8. Click Agree to agree to the license
  9. Click Install
  10. Click Close to complete the installation

 

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