Assignment 2: See Attached Worksheet<\/b><\/p>\n
Assignment 1: Statistics Concepts (below)<\/b><\/p>\n
Purpose of Assignment <\/b><\/p>\n
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of their ability to apply statistical concepts to business situations to inform data-driven decision-making. The project is a 3-week project, with part 1 in Week 3, part 2 in Week 4, and part 3 in Week 5. In Week 3, students identify the organization, problem, research variable, methods for collecting data, and show mastery of validity and reliability as applied to data-collection methods.<\/p>\n
Resources: <\/b>Week 3 Videos; Week 3 Readings; Statistic Lab <\/p>\n
Tutorial help on Excel\u00ae and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft\u00ae Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products.<\/p>\n
Assignment Steps <\/b><\/p>\n
Identify <\/b>a business problem or opportunity at a company where you work or with which you are familiar. This will be a business problem you use for the individual assignments in Weeks 3-5. It should be a problem\/opportunity for which gathering and analyzing some type of data would help you understand the problem\/opportunity better. <\/p>\n
Identify<\/b> a research variable within the problem\/opportunity that could be measured with some type of data collection.<\/p>\n
Consider<\/b> methods for collecting a suitable sample of either qualitative or quantitative data for the variable.<\/p>\n
Consider <\/b>how you will know if the data collection method would be valid and reliable. <\/p>\n
Develop<\/b> a 1,050-word analysis to describe a company, problem, and variable including the following in your submission:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Identify the name and description of the selected company.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Describe the problem at that company.<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Identify one research variable from that problem. Describe the methods you would use for collecting a suitable sample of either qualitative or quantitative data for the variable (Note: do not actually collect any data).<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Analyze how you will know if the data collection method would generate valid and reliable data (Note: do not actually collect any data).<\/p>\n
Format<\/b> your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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