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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-07-003085.txt : 20070110
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-07-003085.hdr.sgml : 20070110
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070110145627
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-07-003085
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070108
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070110
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070110

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SPSS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000869570
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				362815480
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 S WACKER DR
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3123292400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OTTERSTATTER JONATHAN P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001202799

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22194
		FILM NUMBER:		07523029

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		N6322 SHOREWOOD HILLS ROAD
		CITY:			LAKE MILLS
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53551
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-01-08</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000869570</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SPSS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SPSS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001202799</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>OTTERSTATTER JONATHAN P</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>233 S. WACKER DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>11TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60606</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Exec VP &amp; Chief Technology Off</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-01-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>33200</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>75776</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.01 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>999</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Children</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares of SPSS common stock were granted to the Reporting Person in the form of restricted share units. The restricted share units are subject to a four-year vesting schedule, under which 25% of the total restricted share units covered by the award will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date and an additional 1/16 of the total number of restricted share units originally covered by the award (rounded up to the nearest whole share) will vest on the first day following the conclusion of each calendar quarter in the second, third and fourth years following the grant date (other than the final quarter of the fourth year following the grant date) and the balance of the number of restricted share units originally covered by the award will vest on the first day following the conclusion of the final quarter of the fourth year following the grant date. Each restricted share unit represents the right to receive one share of SPSS common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The restricted share units were granted to the Reporting Person, and were not sold to the Reporting Person.  As such, the Reporting Person did not pay any consideration for the restricted share units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Robert Brinkmann, pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with the SEC on September 18, 2003</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-01-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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