SPSS for Microcomputers -- Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 
                        -- version for Windows or Macintosh 
                        -- comprehensive statistics and data manipulation 
                           package -- high-resolution graphics

 -------available in: site license version from ITS (JEF150, 213.740.5555)
                      WPH, KOH, SAL and LVL on PC and Macintosh machines
 ------support level: full
 ---current versions: 15.0 (Windows 98, NT, 2000, ME, XP)
                      13.0 (Mac OS X only) 
                        (patch upgrades for both platforms available from
                          http://www.spss.com/tech/downloads/base.htm)
 -invoke interactive: click on SPSS icon (Windows or Macintosh)
 ------in user rooms: click on icon in Statistics folder
                        Macintosh: Productivity & Other Tools>Statistics (LVL)
                                   Applications>Statistics (WPH/KOH)
                        Windows: Start>Programs>Statistics  --or--
                                    Productivity & Other Tools>Statistics --or-
                                    (as a last resort)  Start>Run, then type
                                       L:\programs\stat\spsswin\spsswin[.exe]
 --------------batch: not really available
 --------using files: inside spss, files can be specified in single quotes
                         file='my.raw.data', save outfile='my.save.file',
                         get file='my.previously.saved.system.file'
                         NOTE: file names must conform to rules of the OS
                      transport files must be used when moving SPSS system
                        (aka 'save' files) to other systems;  when active
                        file needs to be exported:
                          export outfile='exportfile'.
                        to read in an export file on target system:
                          import file='importfile'.
                        NOTE: the 'import' command makes 'importfile' into
                          the active file, which is (by default) temporary;
                          to save as permanent SPSS save file after importing:
                               save outfile='savefile'.
 ----printing output: in Windows or Macintosh, activate output window, then
                        click on 'file', then 'save as', then print the file
                      in DOS version, move to upper window (F2 then 'switch'),
                        hit F9, then choose 'write file' -- OR -- enter command
                        'set listing=<file>' to store output in <file>, then
                        print that file
 ----troubleshooting: "The SPSS Processor cannot be started; unable to
                       load SPSSWCTL.DLL (or other file name like *.DLL)"
                        increase Swap Space:
                          click: Main; Control Panel; 386 Enhanced;
                             Virtual Memory; Change; set to 12,000 or higher
                      "SPSS cannot find MSVCRT19.DLL"
                         run this DOS command: copy c:\spsswin\crt16.dll  
                             c:\windows\system\msvcrt19.dll
 ------documentation: 
         http://www.usc.edu/its/doc/statistics/spss/
                      in Windows or Macintosh, click on Help button 
                      WPH B36, LVL 
 -----to end session: in Windows, click on File, then Exit
                      in Macintosh, click on File, then Quit