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SPSS Inc. Announces New Version of Premier Statistical and Data Management Software

SPSS® 13.0 Features Enhancements for Reporting, Identification of Groups, Data Management and Predictive Analytics for Survey Research

CHICAGO, 09/14/04 —

SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS) today announced the availability of SPSS® 13.0 for Windows® and SPSS Server® 13.0 for Windows. The latest version of SPSS, developed based on direct customer feedback, includes significantly enhanced reporting capabilities, new add-on modules for group identification, more powerful data management features and predictive analytics for survey research.

"The new version of SPSS for Windows is a major upgrade," said Bob Muenchen, manager, Statistical Consulting Center, Office of Information Technology at The University of Tennessee. "SPSS 13.0 includes an array of features that people will use often in their daily work."

More than 250,000 organizations worldwide rely on SPSS for Windows for survey research, database analysis and scientific reporting. SPSS 13.0 for Windows provides a broad range of capabilities for each step in the analytical process, including planning, data access, data management and preparation, analysis, reporting and deployment.

Enhanced Reporting Capabilities

Building on the improvements to the presentation graphics system introduced in SPSS 12.0, the new version of SPSS for Windows offers enhanced reporting capabilities. New chart types and chart display features give users more options for presenting data. The SPSS Tables™ add-on module offers expanded category management capabilities, delivering extensive control to users for displaying data. Additionally, SPSS tables and charts can now be easily exported to Microsoft® PowerPoint®, saving users time and improving the accuracy of reporting data.

"SPSS 13.0’s data visualization capabilities are unparalleled," said Brian Robertson, PhD, director of research, Market Decisions. "The new chart types are great, and the paneled charts will provide our organization with more options in helping our market research customers visualize their data."

New Add-On Module Enables Users to Better Identify Groups

The new SPSS Classification Trees™ add-on module creates classification and decision trees, which work directly within the SPSS environment to help users identify groups, discover relationships between groups and predict future events. Intuitive, visual trees enable users to present results that more easily explain categorical results to non-technical audiences.

"I am very excited about the new SPSS Classification Trees module," said Daniel Robertson, PhD, research associate, College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. "It will be useful in analyzing large population groupings and uncovering previously unknown relationships within those groups."

More Powerful Data Management

The new data management features in SPSS 13.0 help users save time, while increasing both the accuracy and reliability of their data. The availability of long text strings ensures that users will preserve data when working with open-ended question responses or when importing data from software that permits long data strings.

"SPSS 13.0's support of longer text strings is a huge addition to the software’s functionality," said Jay Goodwin, PhD, research psychologist, U.S. Army Research Institute. "It opens up myriad possibilities for both data cleaning and data management."

The new Data and Time Wizard makes it easier to import date and time data from a variety of sources, while also simplifying a number of common tasks associated with these variables. The enhanced Data Editor includes new splitter controls - a spreadsheet-like system for entering and displaying data - which allow users to quickly and easily analyze large datasets.

A complete overview of the new data management features in SPSS 13.0 is available at http://www.spss.com/spss/data_mgmt.htm .

Predictive Analytics for Survey Research

By using SPSS Complex Samples™ to perform sophisticated analysis, users can more accurately analyze and predict numerical and categorical outcomes from complex samples. The latest version of this add-on module includes Complex Samples General Linear Models (CSGLM), enabling users to build linear regression, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) models for evaluating and predicting numerical outcomes. The module also features Complex Samples Logistic Regression (CSLOGISTIC), enabling users to analyze and calculate categorical outcomes.

"A large part of our analytical work involves studies with complex sampling designs," said Market Decision’s Robertson. "SPSS Complex Samples provides a framework for predicting outcomes while also taking sample design into account. SPSS Complex Samples is an exceptional module that enables me to accurately predict outcomes by analyzing survey data."

Minimum System Requirements

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Pricing

The North American price for SPSS for Windows is $1,249 for commercial customers and $599 for academic users; SPSS modules start at $499. SPSS Server licenses start at $12,500. There are a variety of pricing programs available, including multiple-unit pricing for site and network licensing, as well as maintenance programs. SPSS for Windows and its modules can be purchased online in the SPSS Web Store at www.spss.com/store <http://www.spss.com/store> or by calling 800.543.2185.

About SPSS Server

SPSS 13.0 for Windows is available as both a stand-alone desktop application and as an enterprise-class server solution. SPSS Server 13.0 for Windows is designed to be deployed on server-grade resources for performing large data preparation and analysis tasks. SPSS Server offers key scalability enhancements including unrestricted data file sizes, secure remote access and the SPSS Batch Facility for scheduled, batch processing of repetitive tasks. SPSS Server also allows multiple connections from SPSS desktop clients, freeing up local computing and network resources while also reducing temporary file space requirements.

About SPSS Survey and Market Research Solutions

For more than 35 years, SPSS Inc. has helped commercial, academic and government organizations maximize productivity and accuracy through every phase in the research process, from ad hoc research projects to high-volume, complex research programs.

SPSS Inc. offers a broad range of end-to-end survey and market research tools, including survey design, authoring, sampling, data collection, analysis and publishing. In addition to SPSS 13.0 and SPSS modules, SPSS Inc. offers the Dimensions™ technology platform, a scaleable, integrated application suite for multimode projects. Dimensions benefits organizations whose backbone is the collection and analysis of survey data. Surveyors can also use Dimensions tools through an SPSS online hosting service.

For survey researchers interested in unlocking analytical value from survey text responses, SPSS offers SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys™, which combines automatic linguistic algorithms with user-controlled techniques to quickly and reliably extract and classify key concepts from within verbatim responses.

For more information about SPSS Inc.’s survey and market research offerings, visit http://www.spss.com/vertical_markets/survmkt_research/.

About SPSS Inc.

SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS) is the world's leading provider of predictive analytics technology and services. The company's predictive analytics technology connects data to effective action by drawing reliable conclusions about current conditions and future events. More than 250,000 commercial, academic and public sector customers rely on SPSS technology to help increase revenue, reduce cost, improve processes, and detect and prevent fraud. Founded in 1968, SPSS is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For additional information, please visit www.spss.com.