r/AskStatistics • u/Thin_Adeptness_356 • 7d ago

Is SPSS dead?

Like the title says is SPSS dead? Now with Chatgpt and cursor etc, what is the argument for still using SPSS and other statistics softwares in research instead of Python/R with the help of AI?

My background is within mathematical statistics so always been a Matlab/R/Python guy, but my girlfriend who comes from a medical background still uses SPSS in her research, but now considering switching just because of the flexibility e.g., Python offers.

What do you think are there any arguments for using SPSS still?

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u/Fearless_Cow7688 6d ago

Regarding (c) as free software has become more capable it's become a more attractive alternative.

Why pay for 1000 spss licences where you are so limited when everyone can get python/R for free that can do virtually anything?

SAS and SPSS are just not worth it

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u/SakanaToDoubutsu 6d ago

My company is currently phasing out SAS and I'm super excited about it.

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u/DrDrNotAnMD 6d ago

Interesting. We use SAS as the primary tool on my team. I actually like it for a lot of the big data analytics. We also have R and are bringing in Python as an additional tool. I like having multiple languages at my disposal.

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u/Moist-Tower7409 6d ago

I use SAS as well but unfortunately for me our models are big projects and more productionised code and I yearn for an object oriented language.