Training
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Training

StatSoft SA presents professional and specialized training courses on our STATISTICA product line as well as on industry applications and statistics (Basic & Advanced)

Below is our training schedule with the relevant dates and venues

For details on these courses, as well as courses customized to particular needs, please contact us on 0861-STATSA or Email us at Training@StatSoftsa.co.za

Dates may change, depending on bookings received

TRAINING SCHEDULE – 2007

FEBRUARY

Mon 12

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 13

Introduction to Statistics

This course is structured for customers who are not familiar with Statistics, or needing a refresher overview of the basic principles.

Wed 14 – Fri 16

Advanced Statistics using STATISTICA

This course covers the more advanced statistical techniques applied to customer specific needs.

MARCH

Mon 12

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 13             

Introduction to Statistics

This course is structured for customers who are not familiar with Statistics, or needing a refresher overview of the basic principles.

Wed 14 – Fri 16

Data Mining Principles

This workshop presents a detailed overview of the philosophy of data mining as well as an introduction to some of the most exciting tools for describing and modeling data.

APRIL

Mon 16

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 17 

STATISTICA Refresher Course for Upgraders

A refresher course for customers who have recently upgraded to the latest version of STATISTICA.

Wed 18 – Fri 20

Industrial Statistics & SPC

This course is structured of the Industrial/Manufacturing Environments, and focuses on quality control, process analysis & experimental design applied to customer specific needs.

MAY

Mon 21

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 22             

STATISTICA Refresher Course for Upgraders

A refresher course for customers who have recently upgraded to the latest version of STATISTICA.

Wed 23 – Fri 25

Advanced Statistics using STATISTICA

This course covers the more advanced statistical techniques applied to customer specific needs.

JUNE

Mon 18

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 19             

Introduction to Statistics

This course is structured for customers who are not familiar with Statistics, or needing a refresher overview of the basic principles.

Wed 20 – Fri 22

Data Mining Principles

This workshop presents a detailed overview of the philosophy of data mining as well as an introduction to some of the most exciting tools for describing and modeling data.

JULY

Mon 16

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 17 

STATISTICA Refresher Course for Upgraders

A refresher course for customers who have recently upgraded to the latest version of STATISTICA.

Wed 18 – Fri 20

Industrial Statistics & SPC

This course is structured of the Industrial/Manufacturing Environments, and focuses on quality control, process analysis & experimental design applied to customer specific needs.

AUGUST

Mon 20

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 21

Introduction to Statistics

This course is structured for customers who are not familiar with Statistics, or needing a refresher overview of the basic principles.

Wed 22 – Fri 24

Advanced Statistics using STATISTICA

This course covers the more advanced statistical techniques applied to customer specific needs.

SEPTEMBER

Mon 17

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 18             

Introduction to Statistics

This course is structured for customers who are not familiar with Statistics, or needing a refresher overview of the basic principles.

Wed 19 – Fri 21

Data Mining Principles

This workshop presents a detailed overview of the philosophy of data mining as well as an introduction to some of the most exciting tools for describing and modeling data.

OCTOBER

Mon 22

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 23 

STATISTICA Refresher Course for Upgraders

A refresher course for customers who have recently upgraded to the latest version of STATISTICA.

Wed 24 – Fri 26

Industrial Statistics & SPC

This course is structured of the Industrial/Manufacturing Environments, and focuses on quality control, process analysis & experimental design applied to customer specific needs.

NOVEMBER

Mon 19

Introduction to STATISTICA

This course is structured for new users of STATISTICA, to familiarize them with the inner workings of the package.

Tue 20

Introduction to Statistics

This course is structured for customers who are not familiar with Statistics, or needing a refresher overview of the basic principles.

Wed 21 – Fri 23

Advanced Statistics using STATISTICA

This course covers the more advanced statistical techniques applied to customer specific needs.

Add-on to any course:-

Programming & Customization

This training course focuses on customizing our systems    to your specific needs and on developing custom models and techniques.

Other

In addition to above standard courses, we also offer training customized to customer requirements. These courses are structured around particular business needs, focusing on specific areas of interest to the customer.

Contact us:

Tel: (011) 318-1170

Fax: (011) 318 3974

Call Centre: 0861 STATSA

E-mail: sales@statsoftsa.co.za

Introduction to STATISTICA.  This is a One-Day course structured for new users of STATISTICA,  to familiarize you with the inner workings of the package and is also an excellent refresher course. 

Presented on  Monday 13 February 2006  by Anni Russell,  Managing Director, StatSoft SA.

      Objectives 

• To provide users with an understanding of the general conventions, data management, and graphics capabilities of STATISTICA.
• To offer users hands-on instruction in data management, working with documents and reports and creating and customizing graphs.
• To expose participants to the graphical methods available for exploring data and supporting statistical analysis.
• Expert tips on how to optimize the use of STATISTICA will be shared.

Description

This course is designed to instruct the student on how to take advantage of the numerous statistical and graphical tools available in STATISTICA. Step-by-step examples will be given on how to enter and manipulate data (including importing from other file formats such as spreadsheets), perform statistical analyses and use the output documents and graphical results. The user will be advised on how to optimize the use of STATISTICA. The final part of the course will be devoted to questions of users.

STATISTICA - General Conventions

• User-interface & menu’s

• Customization Options

• Creating reports, documents (OLE)

Data Management

• Creating, modifying, and saving data

• Importing data from other applications

• Importing Data from Database Systems

Data Management – continued

• File structure manipulation

• Working with output

Graphics

• Creating graphs

• Customizing graphs

• Brushing Techniques

Automation

• Introduction to SVB Macro’s

• Introduction to Keyboard Macros

• Introduction to Auto-Task Buttons

Data Mining Workshop Series

StatSoft SA Presents a Data Mining Workshop Series by Dr Nico Laubscher.

 StatSoft SA -  Data Miner:-  http://www.statsoftsa.co.za/products/dataminer.html

The Workshop Series consists of an initial 2 day Workshop to familiarize attendees with the basis Data Mining Principles, with a second 2 day Workshop 1 week later to work Hands-on applying these principles using STATISTICA Data Miner. 

Data Mining Principles 2 & 3 March 2006, Midrand.

Hands-on application of principles with STATISTICA Data Miner 9 & 10 March 2006. Midrand

Topics Include:

 Working with large Data Sets

Introduction to Tools and Methods for Data Mining

Principle Components Analysis

Cluster Analysis

Correspondence Analysis

Discriminant Analysis

Logistic Regression

CART (Classification and Regression Trees)

MARS (Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines)

Neural Networks