Accessing Help in SPSS for Macintosh

This page provides information on how to access the various help and support features available in IBM SPSS Statistics for Mac.

Note: The IBM SPSS Statistics help features may take up to 5 minutes to fully load.

Accessing IBM SPSS Statistics Help

To access the built-in SPSS help features:

  1. Click the Help tab on the top of the screen.

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  2. Select Tutorial from the pull-down menu.

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    • The Tutorial feature will introduce you to the layout of SPSS and will show you how to use many of the available features.

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  3. Select Case Studies from the pull-down menu.

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    • The Case Studies feature provides examples of various types of statistical analyses and shows how to interpret the results.

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  4. Select Statistics Coach from the pull-down menu.

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    • The Statistics Coach feature can help you decide which type of analyses to use based on your data and research questions and can help you interpret your results.

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  5. Select Command Syntax Reference from the pull-down menu.

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    • The Command Syntax Reference feature provides a guide to help you learn and understand SPSS syntax.