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AMD 475: Retail Information Analysis

Fall 2023

Course Information

AMD 475: Analysis, synthesis, and interpretation of information needed to make effective retail decisions in regard to the following: assortment planning, forecasting, customer segmentation, market research, analysis of customer databases, data mining, database interface, pattern recognition, and retail technology applications. Applications of various innovative information systems and technology applications for sourcing (i.e. Sourcing Simulator), supply chain management, stock management, and sales and replenishment analysis with industry data (i.e. Microsoft Excel), cases, experiential exercises and computer simulations.

Instructors: Prof. Jessica Hurst & Saloni Purandare (Ph.D. Candidate)
Emails: hurstj@iastate.edu / salonipp@iastate.edu
Phones: 515-294-5284 / 515-xxx-xxxx

Library Workshops - Fall 2023

For a Different View of Fall 2023 Workshops and New Updates, Please See The Library Events Calendar.

August 17: Thu, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Developing Successful Proposals for the Affordable Course Materials Initiative CFP (Online)
September 19: Tue, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Dust Off Your Spreadsheets Using OpenRefine (In-Person)
September 19: Tue, 4:10pm - 5:25pm Snacking Your Way to Success: Exploring Boolean Operators, Search Strategies, and Databases (In-Person)
September 20: Wed, 12.05pm - 12:55pm Digital Humanities 101: What is DH? (In-Person)
September 21: Thu, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Intro to Data Management Plans (In-Person)
September 26: Tue, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Bullet Journals as Research Notebooks (In-Person)
September 28: Thu, 11:00am - 12:15pm The Command Line for Absolute Beginners Part 1 (In-Person)
September 28: Thu, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Escape From Spreadsheet Hell (In-Person)
October 4: Wed, 12:10pm - 12:40pm Better Data Management in 30 Minutes (In-Person)
October 5: Thu, 11:00am - 12:15pm The Command Line For Absolute Beginners Part 2 (In-Person)
October 10: Tue, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Digital Humanities 101: Intro to Geospatial Humanities (In-Person)
October 19: Thu, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Getting Started With EndNote Web (In-Person)
October 24: Tue, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Digital Humanities 101: How to Create a Quick Website Using Mediawiki (In-Person)
October 26: Thu, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Preserve Your Legacy: Records Management for Student Organizations (In-Person)
October 31: 2:10pm - 3:25pm Digital Humanities 101: Intro to Text Analysis (In-Person)
November 1: Wed, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Digital Humanities 101: Data for Digital Humanities (In-Person)
November 2: Thu, 2:10pm - 2:40pm Better Data Management in 30 Minutes (In-Person)
November 2: Thu, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Getting Started With LaTex and Overleaf (In-Person)
November 7: Tue, 12:00pm - 1:00pm Copyright in The Classroom: Support for Instructors (Online)
November 7: Tue, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Digital Humanities 101: Intro to Network Analysis (In-Person)
November 9: Thu, 2:10pm - 3:25pm Managing Citations with Zotero (In-Person)
November 14: Tue, 4:10pm - 5:25pm Snacking Your Way to Success: Exploring Boolean Operators, Search Strategies, and Databases (In-Person)
November 29: Wed. 12:00pm - 1:00pm Introduction to Citation Management Tools (Online)

Librarian

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Charles Yier
Contact:
150 Parks Library
Iowa State University
515-294-4681