SPSS – What Is It S PSS means “ S tatistical P ackage for the S ocial S ciences” and was first launched in 1968. Since SPSS was acquired by IBM in 2009, it's officially known as IBM SPSS.Generally it is used to analyze various types of data of sectors and most researcher uses this tool as it is open source anybody can use it for analysis purpose. How to Read data in SPSS It can be read through various sources: 1. Statistical file of SPSS. 2. Excel/CSV 3. Database Application 4. Text file 1.Reading Statistical file of SPSS. Statistical files are saved with the .sav extension. following are the steps. Open the “ Menu ” and go to “ File ” option. Select “ Open ”. Click on “ Data ”. Search for the file sample.sav and open it. The Data Editor displays the data in the file. 2. Reading data from Excel/CSV 1. Open the "Menu" and go to "file" menu. 2. Click on Import Data. 3.Click on Excel/CSV 3. Reading data from Database Applicatio