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In the last assessment, you were asked to prepare the first part of  your analytics report by creating graphs and calculating some  descriptive statistics. In this assessment, you will write your 5-8 page  analytics report by interpreting those graphs and statistics, and  explicitly connecting those interpretations to implications in the  practical business context.

The first step in creating meaningful information from raw data is  to represent the data effectively in graphical format and to calculate  any required statistics. The second step is interpreting and explaining  those graphs and statistics in order to apply them in the business  context. 

In the previous assessment, you were asked to create the first part  of your analytics report by preparing graphs and calculating some  descriptive statistics. In this assessment, you will complete your  analytics report by interpreting those graphs and statistics, and  connecting those interpretations explicitly to implications in the  business context.

In business and applied analytics, oftentimes you are interested in  drawing conclusions about a population of interest. However, it may not  be feasible or practical to gather data on the entire population. In  those cases, data is gathered from a sample or subset of the population.  Analyses done on the sample are then used to draw inferences regarding  the overall population; this mathematic process is referred to as inferential statistics. In this assessment, we begin discussing the topics of sampling and drawing inferences.

All the inferential statistical techniques and methods covered in  this course are considered parametric techniques and require certain  assumptions to be used and for the results to be reliable, many of which  are assumptions about an underlying distribution. Nonparametric  techniques require no assumption about underlying distributions and are  often used when the assumptions of parametric techniques are not met.  Although these are beyond the scope of this introductory course, they  are a great option for additional reading and research.

Analytics projects often result in two distinct types of reports or  summaries: one tailored to the executive level, which takes the form of a  presentation, and the other, a detailed analytics report, which  documents an analysis so thoroughly that another analyst can reproduce  the analysis exactly. Many times, the latter type is referred to by  other departments or analysts wishing to conduct a similar analysis on  similar data or by the same analyst who wants to repeat the analysis on a  new or revised set of data. In this assessment, you will learn the  essential elements that should be included in a report at this level of  detail and you will create your own analytics report addressing the  business problem you have been working on.

Scenario

The first step in creating meaningful information to develop a  business report for decision making. The business report includes the  analyzed raw data, effectively presents the analysis results in text and  graphical format, as well as calculate any required statistics.

The second step is interpreting and explaining the graphs and  statistics to understand the impact in the practical business context.

In the last assessment, you were asked to create the first part of  your business analytics report by introducing a company, analyzing  company stock data, developing graphs, and calculating some descriptive  statistics.

In this assessment, you will adjust your business report to minimize  limitations of one year’s worth of data. You will use the same company  for this assessment and you will use 5 years of data!

You will also enhance your introduction or business context section  of your business report based on your new graphs and your interpretation  of the data graphs and descriptive statistics over a five year period.  Your interpretation efforts of graphs and descriptive statistics will  explicitly connect in the conclusion area. Conclusions and  recommendations are the final effort in the development of a practical  business report and should be supported by citations. Remember that  opinion is not allowed.

Your Role

Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a report for the quarterly  company meeting. The first part of the task was to download the data and  create scatterplots and histograms, and to calculate mean, median, and  mode of 5 years of stock prices for your report. Now you must analyze  and interpret those graphical representations of the company stock and  write the report of your findings and recommendations for your supervisor.

You are an analyst using the same company and five years of stock  data. Having accessed the company data and placed it in an appropriate  graphical format, you must now use descriptive statistics and analysis  to develop a report to inform business decisions. 

Instructions

After reviewing and integrating your instructor’s feedback on your previous Assessment, complete the report as follows:

• For each graph you created, write at least one well supported  paragraph interpreting the graph: What does that graph represent? What  does the shape of the graph tell you about how the data have changed  over time?
• For each statistic you calculated, include at least two to three  well-supported sentences explaining what the statistic represents:     
  • What does the mean tell you? How do you know?
  • What does it imply if the median is different from the mean?
  • What does the standard deviation tell you about the volatility of the data?
• Write a new conclusions section in which you explain how these interpretations can be used in the company:     
  • What are some trends about which company leaders should be aware?
  • How might the information you have provided be used in decision making in the company?
  • What are other analysts indicating about the stock?
• Explicitly connect other analysts’ comments and recommendations to  your interpretations to possible impact to the business context
• Lastly, should your company invest of partner with the company or stock being evaluated?