QNT/351 Quantitative Analysis for Business / University of Phoenix / Assignments and DQs

Week 1 Individual

Statistics in Business

Write a 300-word summary that addresses the following criteria:

·         Define statistics.

·         Identify different types and levels of statistics.

·         Describe the role of statistics in business decision making.

·         Provide at least three examples or problem situations in which statistics was used or could be used.

Week 2 Learning Team

Data Collection

Usethe data from University of Phoenix Material: Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 1.

Resources: University of Phoenix Material: Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 1

Review the Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. (BIMS), Part 1 case study overview.

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word written report along with a 5- to 7-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for the senior management team to present your findings (see Exhibit D for the data set of the second survey).

Address the following:

·         Present the BIMS situation as an overview—problem, purpose, research questions, and hypotheses.

·         Describe the instrument used for data collection.

·         Identify types of data collected—quantitative, qualitative, or both—and how the data is collected.

·         Identify the level of measurement for each of the variables involved in the study.

·         Code the data if you have not done so. Describe how the data is coded and evaluate the procedure used.

·         Clean the data by eliminating the data input errors made.

·         Draw conclusions about appropriateness of the data to meet the purpose of the study.

As consultants to BIMS, your Learning Team is expected to prepare and deliver a professional product addressing the client's needs.

Week 4 Learning Team

Reflection

Discuss the following with your Learning Team:

·         The steps in testing a research hypothesis

·         Comparing the means of two or more groups

·         Calculating the correlation between two variables

Include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in your field.

Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your discussion.

Learning Team

Week 5 Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Using the Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. (BIMS) case study overview:

Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 2.

Read the University of Phoenix Material: Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 2. Your team acts as a consultant group that analyzes and interprets this second set of data. The intent is to increase senior management’s understanding of the sources of employee dissatisfaction and to create a model that predicts employee resignation.

Combine your Week Two Learning Team assignment and Week Three findings with Week Five findings and make a recommendation to BIMS.

Use the statistical tables given in the appendices of the textbook and a statistical analysis application: a Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet, Minitab® statistical software, or SPSS™ software.

Prepare a 1,050- to 1,750-word written report along with a 7- to 9-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for the senior management team to present your findings (see Exhibit D for the data set of the second survey).

Note. As consultants to BIMS, your Learning Team is expected to prepare and deliver a professional product addressing the client’s needs.