Norman Nie

Name: Norman H. Nie

Born: April 1, 1943, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Death: April 2, 2015 (Age: 72).

Computer-related contributions

• American social scientist, university professor, inventor, and pioneering technology entrepreneur.
• Developed SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) to automate data analysis for manipulating data files, transforming data, and creating statistics on a mainframe computer.
• In July 2009, IBM announcement its agreement to purchase SPSS for $1.2 billion.

Significant publications

• Participation and Political Equality (1978).
• The Changing American Voter (1976).
• Participation in America (1972).

Honors and awards

• Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).
• Elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009).