What can RAG do for you?
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is an AI methodology that builds on the now ubiquitous LLM (Large Language Model) framework. RAG […]
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Where to go for help, support and advice on SPSS products
In my last blog I wrote about why you’re always going to be better off buying SPSS from an IBM
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What’s new in IBM SPSS Statistics v30
IBM have released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 30 includes new statistical procedures as well as a few
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SPSS is an IBM product, so why are you better off buying it from an IBM partner like Smart Vision rather than from IBM itself?
If you want to buy SPSS and you know that it’s developed by IBM then you might think (not unreasonably!)
When budgets and time are tight it’s the ideal time to invest in training
When budgets and time are both limited it can be hard to justify investing in training, particularly training for things you’re already using. However, investing time and money in exchange for the right training generally pays for itself (both financially and in terms of time saved) through attendees gaining additional skills which allow for more efficient and accurate work.
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Key driver analysis – adding value to SPSS core functionality with additional capabilities
Smart Vision Europe has a decades long track record of working with the IBM SPSS software suite. Over this time,
Here’s how centralising SPSS Statistics licences through NHS Trust libraries can save your NHS Trust a significant amount of money
NHS Trusts (and their predecessors) have always been some of the most loyal and regular users of IBM SPSS Statistics
How SPSS can make tenant satisfaction surveys easier for social housing providers
For more than a decade we have been helping social housing providers gain insight and understanding into how their tenants
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Why SPSS is a much better choice than Excel for data analytics
The volume and nature of the data that most organisations hold these days mean that the analytical possibilities are great.
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What is the difference between data science and machine learning?
While data science and machine learning are related, they are very different fields. In a nutshell, data science brings structure to big data while
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Working with R in SPSS Part 1: The Basics
In this four-part blog series, we’re going to take a look at working with R in SPSS. We’ll begin by
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Working with R in SPSS Part 2 – Working with R Packages
In the previous blog post, we looked at the basics of running R procedures in SPSS syntax. In this post,
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Working with R in SPSS Part 3 – Creating Custom Dialogs
Previously, we explored how to install and load an R package to generate correlograms by executing R code within SPSS
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Working with R in SPSS Part 4 – Adding options to Custom Dialogs
In the previous blog post, we created a basic custom dialog using R code in SPSS Statistics that allowed us
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Background to SPSS and PS IMAGO
PS Imago Pro is a result of the mature and long established IBM SPSS Partner Ecosystem. IBM encourages its partners to use their skills and expertise to develop additional functions and features that further enhance the core SPSS product that IBM offers, without diluting any of the existing functionality of that core product.
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How to solve the most common data cleaning problems in SPSS Statistics
Here are a list of some of the most common data cleaning problems that you are likely to encounter and which SPSS procedures help to resolve them.
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Key analytics trends for 2023 and how they will affect your business
Data and analytics are becoming ever more central to businesses and their operations. The growth of cloud computing, artificial intelligence
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Resources to help you accelerate your data analysis with SPSS
IBM SPSS Statistics provides a powerful suite of data analytics tools which allows you to quickly analyze your data with
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Running an old version of SPSS Statistics? Here’s why it’s worth making the move to the latest version
With v29 of IBM SPSS Statistics just released, should you consider an upgrade if you are running an unsupported version
What’s new in IBM SPSS Statistics v29?
In September this year, IBM released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 29 introduces some new analysis procedures and
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How can you best turn your data science insights into action?
How to turn insights into action One of the challenges that organisations most commonly face when conducting data science and
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Expert insights: Bethan Blakeley, Analytics Director, Boxclever
Lorna – Can you start just by telling me a little bit about your background and how you came to
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Cloud AI at the cutting edge: taking DataRobot for a spin
Smart Vision Europe recently announced an exciting new partnership with DataRobot, a rapidly rising player in the data science market
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Announcing Smart Vision’s new business partner relationship with Data Robot
At Smart Vision Europe we have many years of experience helping our customers successfully get started with applying and getting
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What’s new in SPSS Statistics 28.0.1?
IBM has just announced the general availability of IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0.1. This modification release introduces new statistical tests, enhancements
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What’s new in IBM SPSS Modeler 18.3?
SPSS Modeler is a robust data science software for professional analysts and data scientists. The software scales from supporting line-of-business predictive analysis to enterprise-scale
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What skills are needed to successfully run data science projects in the cloud?
In my most recent blog post I wrote about the benefits and opportunities that cloud computing brings to data science
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What’s new in SPSS v28?
IBM is about to release the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Here’s a summary of some of the new enhancements
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Using text analytics to get value from unstructured data
What is unstructured data? The data you have access to within your organisation can be broadly sorted into two categories:
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Why data science presents the best use cases for cloud computing
We are living through a golden age of technological innovation and revolution. Whether it’s the blending of real time data,
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How COVID-19 is changing the nature of advanced analytics
How COVID-19 is changing the nature of advanced analytics We’re over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic now and it
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5 reasons why an SPSS subscription makes data science more accessible
One of the wonderful things about IBM SPSS Statistics is its ubiquity. I realise that it is not a household
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How can a data scientist access training in 2021? 3 trends things to look out for…
How can a data scientist access training in 2021? 3 trends things to look out for… I have been involved
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Expert insights: Diana Dubash, Assistant Psychologist, Pain Management, Birmingham City Hospital
Lorna: Can you just start off by telling me a little bit about yourself, what your background is and how
Failure to launch: the hard realities of AI
A fascinating recent report by MIT Sloan in collaboration with BCG has confirmed what many industry insiders have known for
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Introduction to Power Analysis
In this series of ‘eat your greens‘ posts looking at core statistical concepts in more detail, we have looked closely
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What’s new in SPSS v27.0.1.0?
IBM have released a new update to SPSS v27. Interestingly, this is a ‘dot’ release that contains a number of
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Making sense of significance tests
A worked example of a classic inferential statistical procedure: the independent samples t-test.
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Understanding correlation
This is the latest in our ‘eat your greens’ series – a back to basics look at core statistical concepts
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The type of spreadsheet error that caused the loss of 16,000 coronavirus test results in England isn’t unusual – the limitations of spreadsheets are well known
Spreadsheets have been much in the news over the last couple of days in the UK, and not for good
The gateway to inference – the standard error and confidence intervals
This is the fifth post in our ‘eat your greens’ series – a back to basics look at some of
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Finding normality – why is the normal distribution so important when we so rarely encounter it in real life?
This is the fourth post in our ‘eat your greens’ series – a back to basics look at some of
Are algorithms evil?
None of us can have failed to notice the recent debacle over Ofqual’s (the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation)
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What’s ‘standard’ about a standard deviation?
This is the third post in our ‘eat your greens’ series – a back to basics look at some of
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Testing versus inferring
This is the second post in our ‘eat your greens’ series – a back to basics look at some of
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Just because something is statistically significant doesn’t mean it’s practically significant
What do we mean when we say something is statistically significant? A guide to one of the most misused concepts in statistics.
What’s new in IBM SPSS Statistics v27?
In June of this year, IBM released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 27 introduces several additional analysis procedures
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PS Imago Pro – an overview of additional charting capabilities not available in IBM SPSS Statistics
PS Imago Pro is a statistical analysis and reporting solution based on IBM SPSS Statistics. Indeed, apart from the inclusion
Expert insight – Mark Langer Crame, Senior Data Intelligence Team Lead, Jisc
Lorna: Could you start just by talking a little bit about your own background and how you’ve come to be
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Are Log scales appropriate for COVID-19 Charts?
You may have noticed that many media outlets are illustrating the tragic course of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by employing
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