Information and Decision Sciences

IDS 462 Statistical Software for Business

Credit hours 3 -Undergraduate 4 -Graduate
Catalog description Statistical software in business applications and data mining. SAS and other packages such as SPSS, MATLAB, Maple, Splus, B34S, SCA.
Key topics
  • Basic concepts of statistical computing and data mining
  • Types of statistical software and their applications
  • Spreadsheets, general programmable software
  • Basic use of SAS package
  • Advanced capabilities of SAS package
  • SPSS and other statistical packages
  • Programmable statistical packages
  • Special purpose applications and data mining software
  • Advanced graphics software for statistical analysis
Prerequisites for this course IDS 371or consent of the instructor.
Course(s) for which this is a prerequisite None
Required course for None
Elective course for Selective course for IDS Majors.
MS in MIS Students with a Concentration in Data Management
Frequency of offering
Recent offerings, instructors, syllabi Fall 2008
Fall 2006
Fall 2005 Sparks
Planned offerings Fall 2007
Cross-listings  
Comments None