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  • 1.  PLS extension

    Posted Sun May 24, 2020 05:47 PM
    Hi
    I,ve tried everything in the literature but can't enable/load the PLS extension. I'm on spss 26
    I've downloaded python 2.7 Numpy SciPy etc etc etc . I've tried to change the location of the file from within spss via edit options file location.
    Nothing works.
    I fear SPSS is really poorly structured, support is impossible to access, and why should i have to jump through all these hoops to access it. Simple guys 1 click.
    HELP ???????

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    antonio fourie
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  • 2.  RE: PLS extension

    IBM Champion
    Posted Sun May 24, 2020 09:51 PM
    I agree that getting PLS installed should be easier.  The procedure needs two third-party libraries, numpy and scipy, and while these used to be included with Statistics, you now have to get them separately, and how to do that has changed a number of times over the years.  The procedure uses Python 2.7, so you need 2.7-compaible versions of these libraries, and you need to match the bitness of your Statistics installation - 32 or 64 bit.

    Unfortunately, installing these libraries in a way that Statistics can use them is not straightforward.  If you want to send me an email (jkpeck@gmail.com) with what you have done, what platform you are on,  and what is going wrong, I can help.

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