Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, a software platform for statistical analysis widely used in research.
Acronym created in 1968 by Norman Nie, Dale Bent, and Hadlai Hull at Stanford University. Originally designed for social science research but expanded to general statistical applications.
SPSS revolutionized social science research by making complex statistical analysis accessible to non-mathematicians, democratizing data analysis and enabling the quantitative turn in fields like psychology and sociology.
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