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Statistic Project Guidelines

For this data analysis project, you will address some question that interests you with the statistical methodology that you have learned in this MGMT 3345. The best questions are ones that are important (and interesting) to you (because you care about finding the “right” answer). The questions can be something from work, school, or other aspect of your life. And they can be drawn from medicine, public policy, sport, economics, etc.

So, you will choose the question, you decide how to collect data, and you will clean the data and do the analysis. (The questions can address almost any topic, although I have veto power).

NOTE: I am fine if you are piggy-backing off of another project you have done this semester (or prior semesters), but it can’t already be done. There will have to be a significant component that is added to it. We can normally work this out—just see me.

You should work in groups of two to three people on the project. Please see me to approve a larger or smaller group. [NOTE: Please enter the members of your on the Google Doc here ]

Things to include in your data analysis:

· A data table that tells me how each variable is defined and where you got the data. (See attached).

· A table of descriptive statistics for each variable (n, mean, median, sd, min, max).

· Please include an appendix table that includes a scatterplot of each X-variable against the Y-variable. (See attached).

· Check for outliers. (The scatterplots will help you with that). You can either include a dummy variable for them or run the regression with and without the outliers and see how things change.

Logistics: Project should be 12-pt font, single-spaced, with 1-inch margins all the way around. Use section headers. Put two rows between paragraphs. (See the sample report I have loaded to Canvas. Note that that report doesn’t have any charts, but I find that charts can be very useful. I assume paper will be between 4-6 pages before tables and charts are added. (If it’s going to be a lot longer or shorter than that, come see me). Tables and charts can either be incorporated into the body of the report or put together at the end.

· Please put page numbers in the bottom right of your document. Also, include slide numbers on your slides.

· PLEASE have someone read your slides and report out loud to catch typos and things that don’t make sense. [I hate to have to deduct points for lack of page numbers or for typos in the reports. Nobody should be losing points for things like this (but every semester there are several groups that do—just don’t let it be your group .]

· Be sure to list all members of your group on the front page.

Other Logistics:

Canvas should allow you to upload multiple files (as shown). If not, please combine the files into a single Zip file and upload the zip file.

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Appendix A. Project Grading Rubric

NOTE: I will subtract points if there are no page numbers!

Appendix B. Examples of Tables that Describe the Variables Used in the Study

NOTE: This is from a table I created for a journal article. (CVC = Corporate venture capital, when large firms make equity investments in startups.) I anticipate that you will only have 4-5 variables in your regressions.

Appendix C. Some tables of Descriptive Statistics

NOTE: These are tables of descriptive statistics from real journal articles, so are overkill for this project. However, I show them to give you an idea of what they can look like

Bottom Quartile is 25th percentile. Top Quartile is 75th percentile. (Use Percentile() or Percentile.EXC function in Excel).