Contract Summary

The SPSS site license agreement is an annual contract, centrally funded by Murdoch University. All Murdoch University staff may use this software for research and teaching purposes, current Murdoch students may use the software in Murdoch computer labs or on Murdoch owned equipment while on campus.

All SPSS users should read and be aware of the full licence conditions which are in Adobe PDF format. Especially take note of the home use conditions which state home use is not available to undergraduate or post graduate students. As  is the case for all commercial software supplied by ITS, users should contact the IT Service Desk to arrange installation.

Staff Home Use

Supported platforms

Patches and Hotfixes

From time to time SPSS provides"Hotfixes" to fix known issues or "Patches" to upgrade functionality and these used to be available locally from the following locations but have since been restriced so please contact the IT Service Desk should you require them.
For Windows - file://softserv.ad.murdoch.edu.au/public/mswin/updates/SPSS_AMOS
For Macintosh - file://Softserv.ad.murdoch.edu.au/public/mac/Updates/SPSS

Modules included in the standard SPSS Site Licence

• Base
• Advanced Models (previously Advanced Statistics)
• Regression Models (previously Professional Statistics)
• Categories
• Conjoint
• Tables
• Trends
• Exact Tests (not available in Mac versions)
• Missing Values

See the SPSS web page for more details

Additional Modules Included in the Site Licence

• AMOS         - home page http://www.spss.com/spssbi/amos/ (replaces Lisrel modules)
• Data Entry Builder   - home page http://www.spss.com/Data_Entry/data_entry_builder/
• Data Entry Station - home page http://www.spss.com/Data_Entry/data_entry_station/

Manuals - available to staff and students

A large collection of manuals are available in PDF format for each module in each version of SPSS.  SPSS has approved use by staff  and students, both on and off campus is. All manuals are currently stored at \\softserv\software\spss\manuals and staff should contact the IT Service Desk if they require copies. A system of providing access to these manuals to current Murdoch students is under development and should soon be available.

SPSS Australasia has kindly made available to Murdoch staff and students the full printed version of the following two training courses in Adobe PDF format.

• Introduction to SPSS - (THE BASICS: SPSS FOR WINDOWS 10.0) 280 Pages
• Introduction to Data Entry - 322 Pages

Updating the license strings

The SPSS software requires a current license string to run, this license string is issued to Murdoch each year and needs to be updated with the SPSS software. To update your license string contact the IT Service Desk to request the current string and follow these instructions.

For Windows, version 13 onwards

• Make sure your computer is connected to the internet.
• Start the "License Authorization Wizard" either from the "start menu SPSS program group" or from the "Help menu" within SPSS.
• Choose "Start" and then select "Use Authorization via Internet to get License", select "Next".
• Enter the latest Authorization code and select "Next"

For Macintosh, version SPSS 11 onwards

• Insert the SPSS  for Mac OS X CD-ROM into your Macintosh.
• When the CD-ROM has mounted you will find the License Update Utility in the SPSS  volume.
• Double click on this License Update Utility and you will be prompted for the new license code.
• Once you have entered the new license code for SPSS 11, you can click on the 'Update' button to check the status of the new license code or you can click on the 'OK' button to apply the new license code to your SPSS 11 for Mac OS X installation.

SPSS support

SPSS supply reasonable technical assistance via the telephone or email to Murdoch Universities designated IT support representatives but the extent of such supportl rest exclusively with SPSS. SPSS technical support does not cover hardware, operating system, network or third party software. SPSS however offers a large range of support services which are listed below as are a number of manuals available locally at Murdoch.

IT Services responsibility is to provide the SPSS software but ITS is not responsible for providing statistical advise to users or for detailed help in setting up SPSS command files.

SPSS websites - Staff and Students

• SPSS Australasia: http://www.spss.com/AUSTRALASIA
• SPSS International has their own Home Page which gives users a new global statistics resource. The new web site at http://www.spss.com  and provides the latest information on the company and its products, upcoming releases, free advice on creating and conducting surveys and much more.

Phone and email support - only for designated IT support staff

• Designated IT staff may call SPSS Technical Support directly for advise. Full details are available at SPSS Australasia's web site but in summary you can either email Technical Support at ausupport@spss.com or phone the toll free Technical Support line 1-800 181 887.

AnswerNet Knowledgebase - Staff and Students

• All staff are encouraged to visit the  SPSS AnswerNet at http://www.spss.com/tech/answer/ for answers to installation and use of SPSS Products. 

List Serves and Newsgroups - Staff and Students

• Newsgroups and list serves provide a forum for users of SPSS software to communicate, share insights and learn from the experiences of their colleagues around the world. Please go to http://www.spss.com/tech/listserves.htm if you would like to participate in these services

Academic Newsletters - Staff and Students

• These newsletters are a very useful method of staying up to date, they can be view from the SPSS web site or you have option to subscribe and have them delivered via email, see: http://www.spss.com/au/news/