Norman H. Nie

Norman H. Nie
Born(1943-04-01)April 1, 1943
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
DiedApril 2, 2015(2015-04-02) (aged 72)
Alma materUniversity of the Americas, Washington University in St. Louis, Stanford University
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsStanford University, The University of Chicago
Academic advisorsSidney Verba

Norman Hugh Nie was an American social scientist, university professor, inventor, and pioneering technology entrepreneur, known for being one of the developers of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1943, Nie was educated at the University of the Americas in Mexico City, Washington University in St. Louis and Stanford University, where he received a Ph.D. in political science in 1971. He died on April 2, 2015, of lung cancer.