- SPSS Inc.
SPSS Inc. is a
software house incorporated inChicago , most noted for the proprietary software of the same nameSPSS . The use of this name has been the subject of ongoing legal action against the company for many years [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_4/ai_n24246228 SPSS Inc. Co-Founders Respond to Company Claims Over SPSS Trademark | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET ] ] .In addition to the software which shares its name, SPSS Inc. sells a wide range of software for
market research , survey research and statistical analysis. These include AMOS forstructural equation modeling ,SamplePower forpower analysis ,AnswerTree used for market segmentation,SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys to code open-ended responses, Quantum for cross-tabulation, Clementine fordata mining andmrInterview forCATI and online surveys.The company is a major corporate player, and has forged partnerships with several other high profile companies such as
Oracle Corporation [http://solutions.oracle.com/partners/spss] and participates in a number of US government programmes [ [http://www.educause.edu/Community/MemDir/SPSSInc/36888 Spss Inc. | Educause ] ] .The company was convicted of artificially inflating their stock price in 2004 [http://securities.stanford.edu/1030/SPSSE04-01] .External links
* [http://www.spss.com SPSS Inc Homepage]
* [http://seekingalpha.com/article/37069-spss-inc-predicting-the-future-predicting-growth Stock Market Commentary]References
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