Data Analytic - Decision and Modeling Research Paper

DAT 520 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric For your project, choose a data set from the curated list of sources (Final Project Topics and Sources.xls), or you may submit your proposal for a different data source than these listed. Refer to the Final Project Notes document in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics folder for further guidance on this milestone. Your submission should include all of the following:

 A research question that is relevant to the decision analysis techniques you will employ.

 A data set choice that is complementary to the research question.

 An explanation of the data set, why it was chosen, and what its relationship is to the research question.

Guidelines for Submission: Submit 1 to 2 pages of writing explaining your intended research question. The document should be double spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. Your submission should include your selected data set and explanation for choosing it and your research question and explanation for choosing it.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Research

Question

Res earch ques ti on has the qual i ti es of bei ng

appropri ate for deci s i on anal ysis techni ques

Res earch ques ti on needs s ome rework to

become appropri ate for deci s i on analys is

No res earch ques ti on i s provi ded, or i s not

vi abl e for deci s i on anal ysis

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Data Set Choice Res earch ques ti on and chos en data s et(s ) are compl ementary

Res earch ques ti on and data s et(s ) are parti al ly compl ementary

Data s et(s ) and res earch ques ti on are not appropri ate for each other

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Explanation Characteri zes the chos en data s et(s ), s ource, and how i t rel ates to the res earch ques ti on.

Li mi ted characteri zation of the data and s ources

No characteri zation of the data and s ources was provi ded

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Articulation of Response

Submi s s i on has no major errors rel ated to grammar, s pel l i ng, s yntax, or organi zati on

Submi s s i on has major errors rel ated to grammar, s pel l i ng, s yntax, or organi zati on

that negati vel y i mpact readabi l ity and arti cul ation of mai n i deas

Submi s s i on has criti cal errors rel ated to grammar, s pel l i ng, s yntax, or organi zati on

that prevent unders tandi ng of i deas

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Earned Total 100%