Nie became a top authority on social science data and statistical analysis.

Nie joined its National Opinion Research Center and eventually was named chairman of the political science department. Hull became head of the university's Computation Center. However, their main focus was on academics and research-not on developing or selling software. Nie and Hull left Stanford to pursue careers at the University of Chicago, and they brought their SPSS program along with them. Hadlai 'Tex' Hull, who had recently received his MBA from Stanford, was tapped to write the code, and by 1968 the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was born. Bent, a fellow doctoral candidate whose background was in operations research, to design a file structure. With that in mind, Nie took detailed notes about what he needed in a software application and enlisted the help of Dale H.

The application Nie was trying to use was created for biologists, not social scientists. candidate at Stanford University, decided to develop his own solution after becoming 'frustrated trying to use a computer to analyze data describing the political culture of five nations,' according to the September 22, 2003, issue of the Chicago Tribune. The history of SPSS can be traced back to 1967, when Norman H. These clients use the company's applications to detect and hinder fraud, increase revenue, reduce costs, and operate more efficiently. From more than 40 offices throughout the world, SPSS serves more than 250,000 customers in a wide range of fields including academia, banking, consumer packaged goods, finance, government, healthcare, insurance, retail, telecommunications, and market research. Its products include CustomerCentric Data Analysis, Clementine Advance Analysis, Quantime, In2itive, Surve圜raft, and student versions of the company's SPSS Base and SYSTAT products. is a leading global manufacturer of software used in data analysis, reporting, and modeling.

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