Getting Help

The Help system contains a number of different sections.

Help
Information on the user interface. There is a separate section for each optional module.
Reference
Reference information for the command language, GPL, VizML, and schemas. The reference material for the command language is also available in PDF form: Help>Command Syntax Reference.
Tutorial
Step-by-step instructions on how to use many of the basic features.
Case Studies
Hands-on examples of how to create various types of statistical analyses and how to interpret the results.
Statistics Coach
Guides you through the process of finding the procedure that you want to use.
Integration Plug-ins
Separate sections for each programming plug-in, including Python, R, Java, and .Net

Context-sensitive help

In many places in the user interface, you can get context-sensitive help.

  • Help buttons in dialog boxes take you directly to the help topic for that dialog.
  • Right-click on terms in an activated pivot table in the Viewer and choose What's This? from the pop-up menu to display definitions of the terms.
  • In a command syntax window, position the cursor anywhere within a syntax block for a command and press F1 on the keyboard. The help for that command is displayed

Other resources

Answers to many common problems can be found at http://www.ibm.com/support .

If you're a student using a student, academic or grad pack version of any IBM® SPSS® software product, please see our special online Solutions for Education pages for students. If you're a student using a university-supplied copy of the IBM SPSS software, please contact the IBM SPSS product coordinator at your university.

The IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics community has resources for all levels of users and application developers. Download utilities, graphics examples, new statistical modules, and articles. Visit the IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics community at https://developer.ibm.com/predictiveanalytics/.

Documentation in PDF format is available at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047033.

Documentation of statistical algorithms is available at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27047033.