IBM SPSS Modeler Foundations (v18.2)
IBM SPSS Modeler Foundations (v18.2) Course Details:
This course provides the foundations of using IBM SPSS Modeler and introduces the participant to data science. The principles and practice of data science are illustrated using the CRISP-DM methodology. The course provides training in the basics of how to import, explore, and prepare data with IBM SPSS Modeler v18.2, and introduces the student to modeling.
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Introduction to IBM SPSS Modeler
- Introduction to data science
- Describe the CRISP-DM methodology
- Introduction to IBM SPSS Modeler
- Build models and apply them to new data
Collect initial data
- Describe field storage
- Describe field measurement level
- Import from various data formats
- Export to various data formats
Understand the data
- Audit the data
- Check for invalid values
- Take action for invalid values
- Define blanks
Set the unit of analysis
- Remove duplicates
- Aggregate data
- Transform nominal fields into flags
- Restructure data
Integrate data
- Append datasets
- Merge datasets
- Sample records
Transform fields
- Use the Control Language for Expression Manipulation
- Derive fields
- Reclassify fields
- Bin fields
Further field transformations
- Use functions
- Replace field values
- Transform distributions
Examine relationships
- Examine the relationship between two categorical fields
- Examine the relationship between a categorical and continuous field
- Examine the relationship between two continuous fields
Introduction to modeling
- Describe modeling objectives
- Create supervised models
- Create segmentation models
Improve efficiency
- Use database scalability by SQL pushback
- Process outliers and missing values with the Data Audit node
- Use the Set Globals node
- Use parameters
- Use looping and conditional execution
*Please Note: Course Outline is subject to change without notice. Exact course outline will be provided at time of registration.
- Collect initial data
- Understand the data
- Set the unit of analysis
- Integrate data
- Transform fields
- Further field transformations
- Examine relationships
- Introduction to modeling
- Improve efficiency
Understand your business requirements.
- Business Analysts
- Data Scientists