The SPSS Statistics 17.0 Brief Guide provides a set of tutorials designed to acquaint you with the various components of SPSS Statistics. This guide is intended for use with all operating system versions of the software, including: Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. You can work through the tutorials in sequence or turn to the topics for which you need additional information. You can use this guide as a supplement to the online tutorial that is included with the SPSS Statistics Base 17.0 system or ignore the online tutorial and start with the tutorials found here.