SPSS Licensing Information
UCOP negotiated a contract for SPSS Statistics Premium, providing the UCSB community access to licenses which include 16 modules and AMOS.
License details:
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Version 27 and 28 Annual licenses for staff and faculty are perpetual.
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All other licenses are valid through December 31, 2023.
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Licenses remain valid for 30 days after expiration.
Notes:
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Current versions available are 27, 28, and 29.
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Mac Sonoma OS does not run current SPSS versions.
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IBM ceased desktop support for Linux with version 28.
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AMOS is Windows only.
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The site license includes 16 modules and AMOS.
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This license is available for Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms!.
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Usage and requests for licenses are tracked for reporting purposes only.
Obtaining a license:
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Please fill out the form linked above to receive your code for SPSS. If you need AMOS, please make sure to select Yes with that question. AMOS is only available for Windows installs.
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There is a short wait in a queue, 24 to 48 hours, (business days Monday - Friday) to receive a code, with instructions for downloading.
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You may install SPSS on your UC-owned and personal computer.
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Some departments will be setting up their own distribution processes; you may be redirected to your departmental contact.
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New licenses will replace and upgrade SPSS installs
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Information about updates and patches will be posted at the download location.
Compatibility:
Check for compatibility options of SPSS versus your OS here:
| SPSS | AMOS | ||||||
| 29 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 27 | ||
| Windows | Windows 11 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | X |
| Windows 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Windows Server 2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Windows Server 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Windows Server 2012 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Maintosh | Sonoma 13.0 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Monterey 12.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Big Sur 11.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Catalina 10.15 | Yes | Yes | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Mojave 10.14 | Yes | Yes | Yes | X | X | X | |
| High Sierra 10.13 | Yes | Yes | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Linux* | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 | X | X | Yes | X | X | X |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Client 7 | X | X | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | X | X | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | X | X | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | X | X | Yes | X | X | X | |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | X | X | Yes | X | X | X | |
*: IBM discontinued support of SPSS for desktop Linux starting with version 28.