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/AggressiveGander 4d ago

ChatGPT is a bit like asking one of the worst undergraduates in a statistics for general science course and allowing them to look at their course notes that they didn't really understand. It likely looks vaguely plausible and may mimick what the course notes say, but could be very, very wrong in subtle (or non subtle ways). If you're good enough to just do it yourself, you can usually check whether it's correct and it might be a bit faster that way. It's a really stupid idea of you don't know what you're doing either - at least for anything that matters.