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The purpose of SPSS is to crunch numbers to come up with other numbers. To do the crunching, of course, you have to get the numbers into the program. After the crunching is finished, you have to get the numbers back out so you can see them. In fact, with the single exception of robotics, the sole purpose of every computer program in the world is to contain numbers and display them to a human.

Input can be tedious, but SPSS has some ways of helping ease the pain. Regular output is automatic, but you can do some special operations to handle irregular output. Either way, SPSS has you covered.