University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Business Administration
Department of Information & Decision Sciences
IDS 531  Decision Models & Info Systems I (DM&IS I)
Allstate V 31-Jan/24-Apr-2000
Instructor Stan Sclove
MIS Text McLeod, Management Information Systems, 7th ed.    PrenticeHall (McL)
Statistics Text  David S. Moore, The Basic Practice of Statistics, 2nd ed. W.H. Freeman & Co. (BPS) 

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Syllabus

Course Calendar

One-page Syllabus and Calendar combined

Course Overview

Homework

Homework A (due Mon., 21-Feb.):  MIS Parts 1,2,3
Homework B (due Mon., 20-Mar):  Stat Part 1 -- Regression
Homework C (due Mon., 10-Apr):   Decision Risk Analysis
Homework D (due Mon., 24-Apr):  Stat Part 2 
Recommended video series
"Against All Odds: Inside Statistics"
"Connections1"
"Connections1/Pgm 2"
"Connections1/Pgm 4"
"Connections1/Pgm 5" 
The notes on various chapters are closely keyed to the textbooks and are to be read right along with them.    Some of the notes are just outlines; others are extensive comments on sections of the chapter. 
Meeting #1/12:   31-January -- MIS Part 1: The Computer as an Organizational Info System
McL Ch. 1: Introduction to Computer-Based Information Systems   Notes   PowerPointSlides
Additional Material:         Y2K UIC to get ERP
McL Ch. 2:  Using Info Technology for Competitive Advantage  PowerPointSlides
McL Ch. 3:  Using Info Technology to Engage in Electronic Commerce PowerPointSlides

Meeting #2/12:   7-February -- MIS Part 2: Current Focus in Info System Use
McL Ch. 4:  Computer Use in an International Marketplace PowerPointSlides
McL Ch. 5:   Ethical Implications of Information Technology
Notes on Cluster Analysis "We Know Where You Live" and "The Clustering of America"
Notes PowerPointSlides

Meeting #3/12:   14-February -- MIS Part 3:  SystemsTheory and Methodologies
McL Ch. 6: The General Systems Model of the Firm     Notes  PowerPointSlides
McL Ch. 7:    The Systems Approach   Notes    PowerPointSlides
Notes on the VCR program "The Deming of America"

Meeting #4/12:   21-February -- MIS Part 4: The Computer as a Problem-Solving Tool
McL  Ch.  9:  Fundamentals of Computer Processing Notes      PowerPointSlides
McL Ch. 10:   The Database and Database Management Systems Notes      PowerPointSlides

Meeting #5/12:   28-February -- STAT Part 1: Understanding Data
BPS Ch. 1:   Examining Distributions     Notes    Spreadsheet: Russell 2000CA for Dec., 1998
Meeting #6/12:   6-March -- STAT Part 1 (Understanding Data), cont'd
BPS Ch. 2:  Examining Relationships         Notes

                           13-March     UIC Spring Break  (This   course will not meet.) 
Meeting #7/12:   20-March -- STAT Part 1 (Understanding Data), cont'd
BPS Ch. 3:  Producing Data     Notes
Stratified Sampling:     Exercise       Instructions     Spreadsheet
Meeting #8/12:   27-March -- STAT Part 2:  Understanding Inference
BPS Ch. 4:  Probability & Sampling Distributions  Lecture Notes
Decision Risk Analysis
Getz Products case
          Expected Monetary Value and Decision Risk Analysis              Spreadsheet
Introductory Notes on Portfolio Analysis

           Rates of Returnof Two Stocks        SomeAspects of Portfolio Analysis        Spreadsheet
BPS Ch. 6:  Introduction to Inference  Notes
Meeting #9/12:   3-April -- STAT Part 2, cont'd
BPS Ch. 7.1-2:  Inference for Distributions
Notes
BPS Ch. 8:        Inference for Proportions   Notes

Meeting #10/12:   10-April -- STAT Part 3:  Topics in Inference
BPS Ch. 9:  Inference for Two-Way Tables
Notes
Correspondence  Analysis BiPlot

Meeting #11/12:   17-April -- MIS Part 5:  The Computer-Based Info System
McL Ch. 14:   Decision Support Systems     Notes   PowerPointSlides
McL Ch. 16:   Knowledge-Based Systems    Notes    PowerPointSlides
Addendum:CART and AID
McL Ch. 18:   Marketing Information Systems   Notes   PowerPointSlides
Direct Mail Marketing Information Systems:   ClusterAnalysis and "The Clustering of America" 
Meeting #12/12:   24-April -- MIS Part 6:  Organizational Info Systems
McL Ch. 19:  Manufacturing Information Systems            PowerPointSlides
McL Ch. 20:  Financial Information Systems                       PowerPointSlides
Notes on Forecasting    
Notes on Path Analysis and other topics
McL  Ch. 21:  Human Resources Info Systems (HRIS)    PowerPointSlides

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Created: 22 Oct 1999      Updated: 18 Apr 2000