• Statistical Package for the Social Sciences • Capturing and analyzing quantitative (numbers) data • Statistical analysis and data management software package • Generate tabulated reports, charts, and plots of distributions and trends, descriptive statistics, and conduct complex statistical analyses Ways to access the program: • Click on the START button on the Window taskbar. • Go to the PROGRAMS folder tab, then the SPSS for Windows folder tab. • Click once to highlight the SPSS for Windows icon to enter the program. • OR - • Double-click the SPSS icon on the Windows desktop.