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IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

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Kyle Weeks

IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

SPSS users,

I am pleased to announce that IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available. The themes of the new release are:

Monte Carlo simulation techniques to build better models and assess risk when inputs are uncertain.
Compatibility - The ability for IBM SPSS to leverage data through integration with technologies and tools like Cognos BI.
Enhancements to client/server technology to improve performance and give organizations more flexibility when dealing with large scales of data.
Improved productivity with improvements to existing technology allows existing users to increase production through software enhancements.

See http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/features.html for list of features in the new release. Please contact your local IBM SPSS rep for more information.

Regards.

Kyle Weeks, PhD
Senior Manager, Product Management
IBM Business Analytics
IBM Software Solutions Group
[hidden email]

Albert-Jan Roskam

Re: IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

Hi Kyle,

Does that mean there won't be a FixPack 2 for IBM SPSS v20?

Regards,
Albert-Jan

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From: Kyle Weeks <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:00 PM
Subject: [SPSSX-L] IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

SPSS users,

I am pleased to announce that IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available. The themes of the new release are:

Monte Carlo simulation techniques to build better models and assess risk when inputs are uncertain.
Compatibility - The ability for IBM SPSS to leverage data through integration with technologies and tools like Cognos BI.
Enhancements to client/server technology to improve performance and give organizations more flexibility when dealing with large scales of data.
Improved productivity with improvements to existing technology allows existing users to increase production through software enhancements.
See http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/features.html for list of features in the new release. Please contact your local IBM SPSS rep for more information.

Regards.

Kyle Weeks, PhD
Senior Manager, Product Management
IBM Business Analytics
IBM Software Solutions Group
[hidden email]

Kyle Weeks

Re: IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

Hi Albert, it does NOT mean that there will not be a fix pack 2 for version 20.

Regards.

Kyle

From: Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]>
To: Kyle Weeks/Chicago/IBM@IBMUS, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]>
Date: 08/14/2012 02:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

Hi Kyle,

Does that mean there won't be a FixPack 2 for IBM SPSS v20?

Regards,
Albert-Jan

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From: Kyle Weeks <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:00 PM
Subject: [SPSSX-L] IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

SPSS users,

I am pleased to announce that IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available. The themes of the new release are:

Monte Carlo simulation techniques to build better models and assess risk when inputs are uncertain.
Compatibility - The ability for IBM SPSS to leverage data through integration with technologies and tools like Cognos BI.
Enhancements to client/server technology to improve performance and give organizations more flexibility when dealing with large scales of data.
Improved productivity with improvements to existing technology allows existing users to increase production through software enhancements.

Garry Gelade

Re: IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

In reply to this post by Kyle Weeks

Hi Kyle,

Does the Monte Carlo simulaton feature mean SPSS can now estimate Bayesian models?

Garry Gelade

From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Kyle Weeks
Sent: 14 August 2012 18:01
To: [hidden email]
Subject: IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

SPSS users,

I am pleased to announce that IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available. The themes of the new release are:

Monte Carlo simulation techniques to build better models and assess risk when inputs are uncertain.
Compatibility - The ability for IBM SPSS to leverage data through integration with technologies and tools like Cognos BI.
Enhancements to client/server technology to improve performance and give organizations more flexibility when dealing with large scales of data.
Improved productivity with improvements to existing technology allows existing users to increase production through software enhancements.

Albert-Jan Roskam

Re: IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

In reply to this post by Kyle Weeks

Hi Kyle,

Thanks, that's good to know. "Merge data files and table lookup files without sorting by key variables, merge open datasets and/or external Statistics-format data files, use SQL-like statements to specify a merge and combine files using string key variables of different defined lengths in each file." http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/features.html

Nice (esp. the different string lengths limitation was a bit of a nuisance). Sounds a bit like SAS proc sql. I was about to write an extension command to make the cartesian product of two tables (I didn't have sqlite drivers so I didn't do it yet). Can this be done with builtin commands in v21?

Regards,
Albert-Jan

From: Kyle Weeks <[hidden email]>
To: Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]>
Cc: "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

Hi Albert, it does NOT mean that there will not be a fix pack 2 for version 20.

Regards.

Kyle

From: Albert-Jan Roskam <[hidden email]>
To: Kyle Weeks/Chicago/IBM@IBMUS, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]>
Date: 08/14/2012 02:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

Hi Kyle,

Does that mean there won't be a FixPack 2 for IBM SPSS v20?

Regards,
Albert-Jan

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a
fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From: Kyle Weeks <[hidden email]>
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:00 PM
Subject: [SPSSX-L] IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

SPSS users,

I am pleased to announce that IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available. The themes of the new release are:

Monte Carlo simulation techniques to build better models and assess risk when inputs are uncertain.
Compatibility - The ability for IBM SPSS to leverage data through integration with technologies and tools like Cognos BI.
Enhancements to client/server technology to improve performance and give organizations more flexibility when dealing with large scales of data.
Improved productivity with improvements to existing technology allows existing users to increase production through software enhancements.
See http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/products/statistics/features.html for list of features in the new release. Please contact your local IBM SPSS rep for more information.

Regards.

Kyle Weeks, PhD
Senior Manager, Product Management
IBM Business Analytics
IBM Software Solutions Group
[hidden email]

Alex Reutter

Re: IBM SPSS Statistics 21 is now available

In reply to this post by Garry Gelade

Hi Garry,

The simulation feature does not estimate Bayesian models. The v21 infocenter is up at: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/spssstat/v21r0m0/index.jsp, and the new Simulation feature is documented at: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/spssstat/v21r0m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.spss.statistics.help%2Fsimulation.htm. The basic idea behind this feature is to account for the uncertainty in your inputs (predictors) when doing model scoring so that you get a more "honest" view of the uncertainty in your predictions. This is especially useful in areas like risk assessment.

Alex