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2018-2019 EIU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

OSC 4820 - Business Analytics and Data Mining.


(3-0-3) On Demand. Management of statistical methods and tools for transforming massive amounts of data into new and useful information, uncovering factors that affect purchasing patterns, and identifying potential profitable investments and opportunities. Among the topics are: simple linear regression, multiple regression and correlation, partial regression techniques,  model selections, validation, and diagnostics, logistics regression, data mining, decision tree, neural network models,  visualization, and methods for model selection. Includes application of statistical software solution techniques. A limit of 3 hours may be applied to a major or minor.

Prerequisites & Notes:
Junior, Senior or Graduate standing, BUS 2810 with C or better, or permission of the Associate Chair, School of Business.

Credits: 3