Using XLMiner in the Classroom
AS an instructor, you have several very affordable options for using XLMiner in the classroom:
OPTION 1: Site license for lab use by an entire class ($1299 per year, up to 60 users). This includes a license for you (the instructor) to install the program on your office, home and laptop computers.
For option 1, please click here to order online, or here for a printable order form.
Note 1: If you do not need the license for a full year, a six-month license is available for $649 online, or via the printable order form.
Note 2: After you purchase a site license for your institution, you can arrange for students to download copies to their computers at no extra charge. Please click here for a request form to set up download arrangements for your students. (Please do not actually submit the form until all your students are ready to download the software.)
OPTION 2: Individual student purchase for $49 apiece (min. 8).
Option 2 works as follows: You purchase your own 1-year license for XLMiner for $99, and we will give you a special url where your students can pay for and download a 6-month student copy of XLMiner.
For option 2, please click here for a request form to set up purchase arrangements for your students. Click here to purchase your own copy of XLMiner for $99.
OPTION 3: Adopt the book Data Mining for Business Intelligence: Concepts, Techniques and Applications in Microsoft Office Excel with XLMiner, by Shmueli, Patel and Bruce.
(a) XLMiner comes bundled at no charge with this book. To get a deskcopy of the book, call Wiley at (800) 225-5945 (choose option 3). Or, send an email to ccopy@wiley.com, mention your name, institution, course title and expected enrollment, address, phone number, email address, and book ISBN (0-470-08485-5).
(b) Book adopters can also purchase a six-month XLMiner license for classroom exposition purposes for just $299. Before you order, fax copy of book adoption to 703-522-5846. Click here to order online -- this license is multi-user but includes tech support for only one installation, is only for book adopters, and can only be purchased online; checks, PO's, wire transfers, etc. cannot be used.
OPTION 1 and OPTION 3(b) are the only options that allow installation on a lab network.
IN ALL OPTIONS
INSTRUCTORS GET:
- Software and complete user guide in electronic form. (To purchase a hard copy of the user guide for a minimal fee, click here and search for the title "XLMiner User Guide.")
- Sample data sets
- (If you adopt XLMiner for your course) additional cases, along with data and solutions.
- Access to Galit Shmueli's forum "Teaching Data Mining in Business Schools" (Prof. Shmueli, at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business is the lead author of Data Mining for Business Intelligence.)
STUDENTS GET:
- Software and complete user guide in electronic form. (To purchase a hard copy of the user guide for a minimal fee, click here and search for the title "XLMiner User Guide.")
- Sample data sets
- Ability to purchase XLMiner's education license at the $99 student price, even after they complete the course and may be working in industry. Students should simply enter "{Professor name} ex-student" in the academic affiliation field.
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