Launching SPSS on your computer is simple!
On a Windows computer, find the SPSS icon (below), by searching or browsing through your folders, then double click to open the program. You may also double click on an SPSS data file that will automatically open SPSS. A data window and output window will automatically appear and if you want to include data for running analysis see the “Loading and Opening Data” section below!
SPSS is unique among statistical programs in that you can ‘point & click’ your way through analysis or you can ‘write & run’ code. In this guide, we will be focusing on writing and running code in our analysis. To run code, that is to tell SPSS what you want to do, highlight the code you want to run and click on the big green 'play' button or hold control & r on the keyboard for a Windows computer.
Look for the icon in your computer below!
