due on saturday

This data set is a sample of Web server statistics for a computer science department. It contains the following 11 sections of data:

1. Total successful requests  
2. Average successful requests per day  
3. Total successful requests for pages  
4. Average successful requests for pages per day  
5. Total failed requests  
6. Total redirected requests  
7. Number of distinct files requested  
8. Number of distinct hosts served  
9. Corrupt logfile lines  
10. Total data transferred  
11. Average data transferred per day 

Write an essay of 2–3 pages that contains the following:

• A complete overview of the data, identifying anomalies in different weeks, and the weeks that the data are not regular.  
  • Choose 5 different sections of data, examine these sections, and provide the specific selection process and criteria you used to select this data set. 
• Provide the measures of tendency and dispersion for each of the 5 different sections of data you selected.  
• Provide 1 chart or graph for each of the 5 processed sections. This may be a pie or bar chart or a histogram.  
  • Label the chart or graph clearly.  
  • Explain why the graph you provided gave a good visual representation of the data.  
  • Based on your explanation above, identify some specific advantages why, in general, charts and graphs are important in conveying information in a visual format. 
• Determine the standard deviation and variation, and explain their importance in statistical analysis of a data set.  
• Based on the tasks you performed in this project, research how statistics are used in information technology (IT), and provide references for your research 

Your essay should include proper citation in APA formatting, both in-text, and in reference pages. Include a title page and use 12-point Times New Roman double-spaced font throughout the text.

This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided here.

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Grading Rubric 

  Project Criteria Exceeds: 90%–100% Very Good: 80%–89% Meets: 70%–79% Needs Improvement: Below 70%   

Content
(75%)

Response covers all topics indicated in the assignment and adds additional content.  Response covers most topics indicated in the assignment.  Response covers many of the topics indicated in the assignment. Response covers none to some of the topics indicated in the assignment.    

Effective Communication
(10%)

Demonstrates outstanding or exemplary application of written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates outstanding expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is addressed appropriately. Language clearly and effectively communicates ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are minimal. Organization is clear. Format is consistently appropriate to assignment. Presentation and delivery are confident and persuasive (where applicable). The writing was of collegiate level with no errors in spelling or grammar. Demonstrates very good written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates sound expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is usually addressed appropriately. Language does not interfere with the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are present, but do not distract from the message. Organization is apparent and mostly clear. Format is appropriate to assignment, but not entirely consistent. The writing was of collegiate level with two or less errors in spelling or grammar. Demonstrates acceptable written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates reasonable expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Sometimes, audience is addressed appropriately. Language does not interfere with the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are present and may distract from the message. Organization is a bit unclear. Format is inconsistent. The writing was of collegiate level with several errors in spelling or grammar. Demonstrates inadequate or partially proficient application of written, visual, or oral skills. Demonstrates inadequate or partial expression of topic, main idea, and purpose. Audience is often not addressed appropriately. Language often impedes the communication of ideas and content relevant to the assignment. Errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are frequent and often distract from meaning or presentation. Organization is inadequate, confusing, and distracting. The format is inadequate and obscures meaning. The writing was less than collegiate level with numerous errors in spelling or grammar.   

Supporting Analysis
(15%)

Analysis exceeds minimum requirements. Sources are used to support analysis, are appropriate, and are properly referenced. Basic analysis provided to support assertions. Sources are cited, appropriate, and properly referenced. Limited analysis provided to support assertions. Some sources are cited, appropriate, and properly referenced. No or inaccurate analysis, no sources are cited when needed, analysis and/or sources are not appropriate. When sources are used, they are not properly referenced.