SPSS TAKES TO ROAD TO GIVE PUBLIC SECTOR PROFESSIONALS A LEG UP ON THEIR DATA.

SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) is presenting the second of three no-charge seminars aimed at researchers, program managers, professors and other public sector professionals responsible for quantitative analysis or data mining. The next seminar will be held at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., on Thursday, May 24 and a third at Loyola University in Chicago on Wednesday, June 6. Each event is split into a morning statistics track and an afternoon data mining track. Attendees can choose one or both of the tracks when they register.

"People in government agencies and education institutions are under increasing pressure to improve their service, program and curricula offerings," said Fiona McKenna, SPSS public sector marketing manager. "To understand where to begin making improvements, these organizations must be able to analyze their citizen, student or research data. These events will help them understand how data mining and statistics can provide an edge on achieving program or institutional success."

Each seminar track includes an overview session highlighting the technology, techniques and applications related to the track, a case study presentation detailing the real world data mining or research experience of a public sector organization, and a question and answer session providing attendees an opportunity to pose their questions to various SPSS representatives.

Statistics track attendees will receive Surveys with Confidence, a step-by-step survey research guide, and data mining track attendees will receive CRISP-DM 1.0, a step-by-step data mining reference. For more information and to register for upcoming seminars, prospective attendees should go to: www.spss.com/psroadshow. A second roadshow is planned for fall 2001 for professionals unable to attend one of the spring seminars. Details on the fall seminars will be announced later this year.

SPSS analytical solutions for the public sector enable government agencies at all levels to deliver better service to citizens, and enable higher education institutions to better meet students' educational needs and improve the quality of life for students on campus. Government agencies using SPSS analytical solutions develop a deeper understanding of citizens to improve service delivery, as well as develop better e-government initiatives. With SPSS analytical solutions, higher education institutions understand their students, better enabling them to improve recruitment, retention and matriculation.

SPSS Inc. enables organizations to develop more profitable customer relationships by providing analytical solutions that discover what customers want and predict what they will do. The company delivers analytical solutions at the intersection of customer relationship management and business intelligence. SPSS analytical solutions integrate and analyze market, customer and operational data in key vertical markets worldwide including: telecommunications, health care, banking, finance, insurance, manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, market research and the public sector.

Headquartered in Chicago, SPSS has more than 40 offices, over 1300 employees and 2000 pro forma revenues of $198 million. The company also has received the following honors: No. 77 on Forbes 2000 list of the "200 Best Small Companies" and No. 12 on the 2000 DM Review 100; placed No. 16 on the 2000 Softo letter 100, a ranking of the top 100 personal computer software companies in the United States; and No. 115 in the 2000 Software 500, a ranking of the world's largest software vendors by Software Magazine; listed on Working Mother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" for 2000.