Hi,

yes, SPSS is a significantly more specialized and robust application
for statistical analysis. To my knowledge, it and a competitor (SAS)
are the market standard for stat analysis - I've seen and/or used it
at clinical trial firms, marketing agencies, archaeology labs, and
education research. It can manipulate and analyze data in many ways
that Excel cannot, or at least, not as easily. It's also a mild pain
to learn how to use well. Depending on what your studies are, it may
be a very good investment to learn SPSS (or SAS). For one-offs or a
fairly basic analysis, Excel can be fine, of course.

..o.


On Jul 11, 8:08 am, Khoshravan
wrote:
I want to do some statistical analysis and probability calculations. my
professor advised me to use spss, which I am totally unfamiliar with. Does
this software offers functions that excel can not perform I prefer to do all
my analysis with Excel which I am used to it.
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Rasoul Khoshravan Azar
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan