Getting Started with SPSS on Willow

• How do I access SPSS on willow?
• SPSS is installed under directory /usr/local/SPSS/bin/ on willow. You can use SPSS in batch mode on willow directly. Or you can open an x-win session of willow to use it either interactively or in batch mode.
• How do I use SPSS interactively?
• To use SPSS on willow interactively, you need x-win. After you get the x-term window for willow, type "spss" in the x-term window, you will see three new windows popping out: one for new data, one for syntax and one for output. You can fill in data in the spreadsheet table of newdata and use them for interactive analysis. In the window of syntax, you can write your own code and submit it to SPSS.
• How do I configure X-win to use SPSS interactively?
• SPSS is on willow, so the configuration of X-win to use SPSS interactively is exactly the same as the configuration of X-win to use SAS.
• How do I use SPSS in batch mode?
• You can use SPSS in batch mode either in X-term window or on willow directly. Just type "spss -m filename.sps > filename.out" after the prompt of willow. By doing so, you submit the input file, filename.sps to SPSS and get an output file named filename.out. You can see some examples in the following part.
• Where do I find the examples of SPSS in batch mode?
• All the examples are placed under directory /users/local/appl/examples/spss.