MS4S08 Assignment The submission for this assignment will be in the form of a formal report along with a Data Dashboard in response to the Tasks A-D outlined below

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MS4S08 Assignment

The submission for this assignment will be in the form of a formal report along with a Data Dashboard in response to the Tasks A-D outlined below. Your report should be submitted via Blackboard, as a pdf file containing the assessment cover sheet (found on Blackboard).

Task A – Data Acquisition and Exploratory Data Analysis (30%)

You are required to select a data set that contains information addressing a relevant business problem of interest to you. This can be sourced online.

You are required to set out your research question and produce a summary statistics and an exploratory data analysis of your datasets, including tables and graphs in your report.

 

Task B – Statistical Analysis (30%)  

Using the data you have selected in Task A, produce statistical analyses using the methods discussed during this module. You should use at least 3 different statistical tests. State clearly the hypotheses, tests/methods you use, the assumptions you make, the results you produce and your conclusions.

 

Task C - Report (20%)

You are required to produce a formal report summarising your results for Task A and B. The main outcome of this task is to introduce your data, display your understanding of the techniques and interpretation of the results.

A suggested structure for the reporting for each technique would be:

• Outline the purpose of the analysis.
• Describe the methods used to look at the data.
• Summarise the key results obtained; marks are awarded for both the suitability and correctness of the approach.
• Make overall conclusions based on the output obtained.

The report must be well structured, well written and grammatically correct. Titles, headings and figures should be correct and labelled in a meaningful way and referenced accordingly.

An important skill of statistical reporting is to be clear and concise; therefore, a word limit has been set at 1,500 words with a 12pt font. This does not include tables, captions or references. The total number of figures or tables included in the report should not exceed 12.

Task D - Dashboard (20%)

You are also required to utilise a data visualisation tool to produce a dashboard of the main findings from Tasks A and B. You should create one overall dashboard presenting the most interesting information.

Your dashboard should use clear and consistent naming conventions, display icons and colour schemes. Data should be selected intelligently, with values filtered/truncated as required. Stick to a single format to make information easy to process. Add text/captions to highlight key information.

 

Marking Guidelines

	80-100	70-79	60-69	50-59	40-49	30-39	0-29
	Exceptional First	First	Upper 2nd	Lower 2nd	Third	Narrow Fail	Fail
Analysis outline	Professional outline of analysis presented.	Detailed purpose of analysis provided.	Adequate outline of analysis provided.	Outline of analysis provided but with some flaws.	Simple outline of analysis provided, but lacking key detail.	Inadequate outline of analysis provided.	No outline of analysis provided.
Methods used and assumptions made	Sophisticated investigation of assumptions and description of methods used.	Comprehensive investigation of assumptions and description of methods used.	Adequate and correct investigation of assumptions and description of methods used.	Investigation of assumptions and description of methods used is provided but with some flaws.	Limited investigation of assumptions and description of methods used.	Inadequate investigation of assumptions and description of methods used.	No investigation into assumption and no description of methods used.
Key results and correctness of content	Unanticipated results and implementations presented. Appropriate, substantial, correct and sophisticated nature.	Comprehensive results and implementations, presented and employed well. Appropriate, substantial and correct.	Expected results and implementations presented. All appropriate, largely correct, with few flaws.	Not all expected results and implementations presented. All appropriate, largely correct, with few flaws	Few or simple results and implementations presented. Much appropriate material, but flawed.	Seriously flawed results or no implementation. Appropriate but seriously flawed material.	No results or implementation. Incorrect or inappropriate content.
Conclusions	Deep and critical understanding provided.	Thorough understanding shown.	Good understanding shown.	Key concepts generally understood.	Some evidence of understanding.	Little of superficial understanding shown.	No evidence of understanding.
Report	Like a publishable report, virtually error-free.	Like a publishable report with isolated minor errors.	Can be followed easily with very few errors.	Can be followed easily with some weaknesses.	Can be followed with difficulty.	Poor structure or containing significant errors.	Unstructured and with many errors.
Dashboard	Professional visualisation of key results and appropriate use of icons.	Comprehensive visualisation of key results and appropriate use of icons.	Adequate visualisation of key results and largely appropriate icons.	Not all expected results presented in visualisation. Some flaws.	Few or simple results presented in visualisation, largely flawed.	Inadequate display of information in visualisations, seriously flawed.	No results presented, multiple errors.