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 The Purchase Process for SPSS 23 is different for  Faculty &amp;amp; Staff  versus  Students . 

 
	   How to Purchase SPSS?   
	  
 

 Installation Instructions 

 1. Download   SPSS Statistics from TigerWare  . 

 2. Start a  Terminal  application. 

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