SPSS and AMOS

SPSS is an integrated system of computer programs designed for the analysis of social sciences data. AMOS is a companion to SPSS for Windows.

Ways to use

Download from UB

SPSS Base/Academic Edition (Faculty and Students)

SPSS Base/Academic Edition provides capabilities that support the entire analytics process including data preparation, descriptive statistics, linear regression, visual graphing and reporting.

  • Available for free download with unlimited use by faculty paid by UB, and by UB students who have paid the Comprehensive fee, for use on personally-owned and UB-owned computers
  • Administrative privileges are required to install on and apply license to UB-owned computers
  • before downloading
    • Licenses expire October 31, 2025
Download SPSS Base/Academic (Faculty and Students)
  • SPSS Base/Academic 30.0.0: ,
  • SPSS Base/Academic 29.0.2: ,
  • SPSS Base/Academic 28.0.1.1: ,

AMOS

  • Available for free download with unlimited use by faculty paid by UB, for use on personally-owned and UB-owned computers
  • Administrative privileges are required to install on and apply license to UB-owned computers
Download AMOS (Faculty)
  • AMOS 30:
  • AMOS 29:
  • AMOS 28:

Use in Computing Sites

Use in My Virtual Public Site

Use in My Virtual Computing Lab

Purchase

SPSS Premium Edition (Faculty and Students) and AMOS (Students)

SPSS Premium is available for purchase by faculty paid by UB, and by UB students who have paid the Comprehensive fee. It is available for use on personally-owned or UB-owned devices. AMOS is available for purchase by UB students who have paid the Comprehensive fee.

  • You are limited to one purchase of this software
  • The license is valid for approximately one year from the date the software was created, not your purchase, and the expiration date is displayed on the purchase page

SPSS Premium contains everything in SPSS Base/Academic, plus:

  • Advanced analytical techniques: Structural equation modeling (SEM)
  • Modules: Advanced Statistics, Regression, Bootstrapping, Categories, Complex Samples, Conjoint, Custom Tables, Data Preparation, Decision Trees, Direct Marketing, Exact Tests, Forecasting, Missing Values, Neural Networks

How to purchase

  • Faculty: Purchase SPSS Premium v30 - 12 month license (Faculty can download AMOS at no cost)
  • Students: Purchase SPSS Premium v30 - 12 month license or AMOS v30 - 12 month license  
  1. Set up an account at  
    • Use your @buffalo.edu email address
    • Make a unique password for your Studica.com account - Do NOT make your Studica.com account password the same as your UBITName password
    • Include a shipping address to process any order (even though the product will be downloadable)
    • Choose Student/Faculty for Educational Use for Customer Type
  2. Search for a product or drill down through the menu (e.g., Student, then Software, then the product)
    • Faculty select SPSS Premium Faculty Pack ($260)
    • Students select:
      • SPSS Premium Grad Pack ($98) or 
      • AMOS Grad Pack v30 ($42)
  3. Click Buy, then go to your cart. Education Verification will process
  4. Click Proceed to Checkout
Additional Information
  • If Education Verification was not successful, proof of eligibility is required:
    • Students: A tuition bill, unofficial transscript or some other document that includes student name, the school's name and the class will suffice. 
    • Faculty: A current pay stub or a letter on school letterhead from your supervisor indicating current employment will suffice.
  • It will take 24-48 business hours for Studica to obtain your serial (license) number from IBM. Once a license is obtained, you will receive email from Studica with a link to log into your Studica account (Note, emails from Studica may end up in your Junk mail folder). Go to downloadable products to find your serial number and download link.
  • For issues with Studica, contact Addrienne Corwin at Studica, 888-561-7521
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