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SPSS Inc. was a software house headquartered in Chicago and incorporated in Delaware, most noted for the proprietary software of the same name SPSS. The company was started in 1968 when Norman Nie, Dale Bent, and Hadlai "Tex" Hull developed and started selling the SPSS software. The company was incorporated in 1975, and Nie served as CEO from 1975 until 1992. Jack Noonan served as CEO from 1992 until the 2009 acquisition of SPSS Inc. by IBM. In 2008 SPSS Inc. had sales of $302.9 million and over 250,000 customers.
In addition to the software which shares its name, SPSS Inc. sold a wide range of software for market research, survey research and statistical analysis. These included AMOS (Before 2003, it was part of SmallWaters Corp.) for structural equation modeling, SamplePower for statistical power analysis, AnswerTree (decision tree software) used for market segmentation, SPSS Text Analysis for Surveys to code open-ended responses, Quantum for cross-tabulation, SPSS Modeler (previously known as Clementine or PASW Modeler) for data mining and mrInterview for CATI and online surveys.
I'm on the road to nowhere,
I left my soul at home,
you wanna come with me,
keep me company?
If i could lift my lids,
then I may see the light,
see where I may go,
you wanna go where i go?
I'm on the road to nowhere,
an' I just wanna find my somewhere,
yeah.
I'm on the road to nowhere,
I left my soul at home,
you wanna come with me,
keep me company?
I'm on the road to nowhere,
an' I just wanna find my somewhere.
I'm on the road to nowhere,
an' I just wanna find my somewhere,
yeah.
I'm on the road to nowhere
I'm on the road to nowhere
I'm on the road to nowhere
I'm on the road to nowhere
I'm on the road to nowhere
I'm on the road to nowhere