Apa maksud SPSS

In a test yesterday, I asked the same question that I've first asked students in 2006. The different expansion of the SPSS acronym is, entertaining and sobering. This time around, the misplaced creativity of the students are again showing off brilliantly, like multicolor displays at a Rio Carnival. The question was: SPSS stands for _________________. Considering that the whole course is dedicated to learning how to use the software called SPSS, I would expect students to be at least curious to know what those four letters represent. Alas, we got a colourful list like below. This is the full list of all wrong answers given by 82 students in the two sections of the course.

Simulative Personality of Statistic scale

Software Package for Social Science

Standar               Statistical

Standard Package for Social Science

Standard Psychological Statistics Students

Statistic Progression for Social Studies

Statistical Package

Statistical Packages for Human Science Students

Statistical Packaging for Social Sciences

Statistical Packet for Social Science

Statistical Procedure for Scientific Study

Statistical Process

Statistical Program for Scientific Study

Statistical Program for Social Science

Statistical Program for Social Scientist

Statistical Programme for Social Science

Statistical Programming for Social Science

Statistical Psychology for Social Sciences

Statistical Psychology Software System

Statistics Associated

Student Program for Statistical Systems

Student Programming Statistics

Symmetrical Programme Statistical Software

Systematic Private Social Statistics

Systematic Program for

Systematic Program for statistics system

Systematic Programming Statistics

Systematical Programming for Statistical Solution

The point of the question is not about memorizing the four words. I'm trying to provoke the students. Now that the 'obvious' and 'easy' question was asked in a test, I hope the students can reflect on their attitude towards the course, and make any necessary changes. 

It is okay to laugh at ourselves for something silly like this; hopefully they will not laugh when looking at their final grade, in an attempt to conceal tears of failures. 

p/s If you notice, and wondering about the extra line between the list and the preceding paragraph, it is because the blank represent a wrong answer. One student did not offer any answer whatsoever.