{"id":224810,"date":"2018-09-17T06:01:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T06:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/17\/ifsm-201-excel-project-1-rental-car-company-july-2018-data\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:41:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:41:26","slug":"ifsm-201-excel-project-1-rental-car-company-july-2018-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/ifsm-201-excel-project-1-rental-car-company-july-2018-data\/","title":{"rendered":"IFSM 201 Excel Project 1 (Rental Car Company) (July 2018 Data)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Excel Project 1 &#8220;\ufffd MS Excel\t\u00a0\tUse the project description HERE to complete this activity. For a review of the complete rubric used in grading this exercise, click on the Assignments tab, then on the title &#8220;Excel Project 1.&#8221; Click on Show Rubrics if the rubric is not already displayed.\t\u00a0\tSummary\t\u00a0\tCreate a Microsoft Excel file with four worksheets that provides extensive use of Excel capabilities including graphing, and written analysis and recommendations in support of a business enterprise.\t\u00a0\tA large rental car company has two metropolitan locations, one at the airport and another centrally located in downtown. It has been operating since 2015 and each location summarizes its car rental revenue quarterly. Both locations rent two classes of cars: economy and premium. Rental revenue is maintained separately for the two classes of rental vehicles.\t\u00a0\tThe data for this case resides in the file Excel Project 1-Data.txt and can be downloaded by clicking on the Assignments tab, then on the data tile name. It is a text file (with the file type .txt).\t\u00a0\tDo not create your own data. You must use the data provided andonlythe data provided.\t\u00a0\tTutorials\t\u00a0\tNote: Tutorials that address activities used in this project have been assigned in Week 1, 2 and 3.\t\u00a0\tOpen Excel and save a blank worksheet with the following name:\t\u00a0\t1 \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a.\u00a0 &#8220;Student&#8217;s First InitialLast Name Excel Project 1&#8243;\ufffd\tExample: JSmith Excel Project 1.\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Set Page Layout to Landscape\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t3\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the Analysis by worksheet, enter the four labels vertically in column A in the following order: Name:, Class\/Section:, Project:, Date Due:\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Place a blank row between each label. Please note\t \ufffd \ufffd\u00a0 the colon, (:) after each label.\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Align the labels to the right in the cell\t\u00a0\td. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It may be necessary to adjust the column width so the four labels are clearly visible.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t4\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In the Analysis by worksheet, with all entries in column C, enter the appropriate values for Name,\tClass and Section, Project, Date Due.\t\u00a0\t \ufffd \ufffd\u00a0 b. It may be necessary to adjust the column width so the four labels are clearly visible.\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use the formatting listed in the Comments\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t5.\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Create new worksheets:\u00a0 Data,\t\u00a0\tSorted, and Airport. Upon completion, there should be Analysis by as well as the three newly created worksheets.\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Delete any other worksheets.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t6.\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If necessary, reorder the four worksheets so they are in the following order: Analysis by, Data,\tSorted, Airport.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t7.In the Data worksheet,\t\u00a0\timport the text file Excel Project 1-Data.txt.\t\u00a0\tThough the intent is to import the text file into the Data worksheet, sometimes when text data is imported into a worksheet, a new worksheet is created. If this happens, delete the blank Data worksheet, and then rename the new worksheet which HAS the recently imported data as &#8220;Data.&#8221;\ufffd It may be necessary to change Revenue to Currency format with NO decimal points and to change NumCars to numerical format, with no decimal points, as a result of the import operation.\t\u00a0\tThis may or may not occur, but in case it does it needs to be corrected.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t8.\tIn the Data worksheet,\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 create an Excel table with the recently imported data.\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pick a style with the styles group to format the table,\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The style should highlight the field names in the first row.\t\u00a0\td. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ensure NO blank spaces are part of the specified data range. Insure the table has headers.\t\u00a0\te. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Insure that Header Row and Banded Rows are selected in the Table Style Options Group Box.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t9.\tIn the Data worksheet,\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 select the entire table (data and headers) using a mouse.\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Copy the table to the Sorted worksheet.\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The upper left hand corner of the header\/data in Sorted should be in cell A1.\t\u00a0\td. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adjust columns widths if necessary to insure all data and field names are readable.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t10.\tIn the Sorted worksheet,\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sort the data by location (ascending)\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (All cells with data in the table should be selected)\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t11.\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Copy the entire table from the Sorted worksheet to the Airport worksheet.\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some column adjustments may be necessary to insure the field names as well as the data is all readable.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t12.\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 delete all the rows in the table where the data is for Downtown,\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the field names should remain at the top of the table, and\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the remaining data should be for the Airport location.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t13.\tIn the Airport worksheet,\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sort all the data first by CarClass (Ascending),\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 then by Year (Ascending),\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 then by Quarter (Ascending).\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t14.\tIn the Airport worksheet,\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 add a new column head AvgRev that calculates the Average Revenue for a row,\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 add a formula to calculate the AvgRev by dividing the Revenue by the NumCars for all rows in the table, and\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 use 2 decimal points in the values.\t\u00a0\td. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Column adjustment may be needed to insure both the title and the data is visible.\te. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use the formatting instructions in the Comments.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t15.\tIn the Airport worksheet,\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 create a range named AE that includes every AvgRev value for Economy cars, and\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 create a range named AP that includes every AvgRev value for Premium cars.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t16.\tIn the Airport worksheet,\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on the third row below the final row of the data,\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 create a label called Average Quarterly Revenue per Economy Car (Airport).\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use the formatting instructions in the Comments.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t17.\tIn the Airport worksheet,\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in the first fully visible cell to the right of the label,\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 calculate the Average Quarterly Revenue per Economy Car (Airport) using the average function\t\u00a0\tand the named range AE. Insure the Average is Currency format with two decimal points.\t\u00a0\tNo credit will be awarded if anything other than AE as the function range is used instead of the named range.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t18\tIn the Airport worksheet,\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on the fourth row below the final row of the data,\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 create a label called Average Quarterly Revenue per Premium Car (Airport).\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use the formatting instructions in the Comments.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t19.\tIn the Airport worksheet,\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 in the first fully visible cell to the right of the label,\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 calculate the Average Quarterly Revenue per Premium Car (Airport)\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 using the average function and the named range AP. Insure the Average is Currency format.\t\u00a0\td. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use the formatting instructions in the Comments. No credit will be awarded if anything other than AP as the function range is used instead of the named range.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t20.\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 create a bar chart that clearly shows the average revenue per economy car versus the quarter for 2015.\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide an internal chart title that explains what is portrayed on the graph.\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Place the chart to the right of the data.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t21.\tIn the Airport worksheet,\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 create a bar chart that clearly shows the average revenue per premium car versus the quarter for\t \ufffd \ufffd\u00a0 2015.\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide an internal chart title that explains what is portrayed on the graph.\t\u00a0\tc. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Place the chart to the right of the data and below the first chart.\t\u00a0\t\u00a0\t22.\tQuestion1: Is there a trend that is shared between the Economy and Premium average revenue per car based on the two graphs? Along with the yes or no explain why there is or why there is not a trend.\t\u00a0\t23.\tQuestion 2: Explain one possible cause for the average revenue per share in Q3. The answer should relate to both economy and premium cars.\t\u00a0\ta. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Label your response Question 2. Answer this question in 2 to 3 sentences in a new row under your response to Question 1. DO NOT change your spreadsheet. Just respond to the question. (1.0)\t\u00a0\tb. \ufffd\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Readability, format and location (0.2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excel Project 1 &#8220;\ufffd MS Excel \u00a0 Use the project description HERE to complete this activity. 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