Reading IBM SPSS Statistics files

The IBM SPSS Statistics file is a data file created and saved in IBM SPSS Statistics. This file contains data in binary form, variable names, and other variable properties, and is directly readable by IBM SPSS Statistics.

In IBM SPSS Statistics 24, use File | Open | Data.

Here is the Open Data dialog box:

Click on OK to read the file, or click on Paste to paste the constructed syntax to the syntax window.

Here is the constructed syntax:

GET
 FILE='C:\Users\Tony\Documents\KSBSPSSBOOK_DATA\chapter2\gss2014\gss2014extract170113.sav'.
DATASET NAME DataSet1 WINDOW=FRONT.

Running the syntax populates an IBM SPSS Statistics Data Editor window with the data.