SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois, has introduced SPSS 5.0, a client-server version of its statistical data analysis software. Enhancements include support for the Open Software Foundation’s Motif interface, increased data access, statistical analysis and six add-on software modules. Data access improvements include a data editor in spread-sheet format, support for Ingres, Oracle, Informix and Sybase databases and new transport and file formats. Additional statistical analysis functionality includes modularised statistical procedures, such as time-dependent co-variates and probability functions; high resolution labelled charts and chart manager; hot keys between charts and related numerical data; object-oriented chart editing and a choice of 30 different chart types including boxplot, pie and bar charts and scatterplot matrix. Optional add-on modules include SPSS professional statistics, SPSS advanced statistics, SPSS tables, SPSS categories and trends. SPSS 5.0 is available now on IBM Corp RS/6000s and support for Hewlett-Packard Co HP 700s, Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstation 10s and Digital Equipment Corp’s Alpha workstations running the OSF/1 operating system will follow in the third quarter. Support for DEC’s Alpha Windows NT will be out in the first quarter of 1994. SPSS 5.0 costs $700, and it will be sold direct and through existing distribution channels.
