ForecastPro or one of the other AutoBox products may fit all of your criteria, with the exception inclusion of the very advanced features. It's meant to be used by MBA & non-statistician types. I believe you can look them over at www.autobox.com. I've been using ForeCastPro for some time to predict patient days, ALOS, etc. with good results. Michael T. Wyatt, Ph.D. Healthcare Analyst Quality Improvement Dept. DCH Regional Medical Center Tuscaloosa, AL On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:37:54 -0700 "Brian E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I will be teaching Time Series and Forecasting (an MBA course) in the > Fall. > I am looking for an inexpensive software package that is good for > forecasting. Last year I used Minitab 12 and found it easy-to-use > and > accessible to students. It is available on our network with a site > license > so we will use it again this year. In addition I would like to find > a > package that is available to students at a reasonable price that > includes > some more advanced features, particularly the AIC (Akaike's > Information > Criterion). Any ideas? > > Brian > _________________________________________________________________________ __ > > > > Brian E. Smith TEL: 514-398-4038 (Work) > McGill University FAX: 514-398-3876 (Work) > 1001 Sherbrooke St. West FAX: 514-482-1639 (Home) > > Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1G5 EMAIL: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Url: http://www.management.mcgill.ca/homepage/profs/smithb > _________________________________________________________________________ __ > > > No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be > demonstrated mathematically. Leonardo da Vinci > _________________________________________________________________________ __ > > > > ========================================================================= == > This list is open to everyone. Occasionally, less thoughtful > people send inappropriate messages. Please DO NOT COMPLAIN TO > THE POSTMASTER about these messages because the postmaster has no > way of controlling them, and excessive complaints will result in > termination of the list. > > For information about this list, including information about the > problem of inappropriate messages and information about how to > unsubscribe, please see the web page at > http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ > ========================================================================= == ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. =========================================================================== This list is open to everyone. Occasionally, less thoughtful people send inappropriate messages. Please DO NOT COMPLAIN TO THE POSTMASTER about these messages because the postmaster has no way of controlling them, and excessive complaints will result in termination of the list. For information about this list, including information about the problem of inappropriate messages and information about how to unsubscribe, please see the web page at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ ===========================================================================
