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CHICAGO, Ill. (USA), June 19, 2006�SPSS Inc. (NASDAQ: SPSS), a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software, today announced that the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA) has selected SPSS software to determine the success of cadets at the academy and as career officers.

To effectively evaluate cadets� performance, the USMA will build models with more than 20 years of personal characteristics collected from institutional survey data. Those characteristics will be used to determine the best predictors of success as a cadet and as an Army officer.

Measured success factors to be evaluated by the USMA will include the promotion of cadets ahead of their peers, selection of cadets for competitive schools, cadets who obtain advanced degrees after graduation, cadets chosen for resident command, and retention of cadets.

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