ECO-09

ECO 510 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

In Milestone Three, you must use Minitab to conduct your analysis of the statistical tests you have identified here. If you have not done so already, download the application and take the Minitab Quality Trainer, available hero. Register for an account to utilize this training resource. Minitab is a Windows-only program. If you have a Mac, you can access Minitab using SNHU's virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Click hOI(, for instructions to download the VDI. Additional resources and tutorials can be found at the end of the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document.

For this milestone, submit a draft of your analysis as outlined in the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document. Create a draft of the graphs, summaries, and tables developed in the Analysis critical element. You will be evaluated on your correct use of Minitab in performing the analysis. This analysis will be incorporated into your final project.

Specifically, the following critical element must be addressed:

IV. Analysis. Conduct your tests. Use Minitab to perform the statistical tests and to generate the graphs. Refer to Minitab's user guide for instructions on

how to perform the statistical tests. Additional Minitab tutorials are listed in the resources section at the bottom of this document.

A. Test your hypotheses with the appropriate statistics.

B. Provide a simple linear regression or a multiple regression model.

e. Provide summaries of the statistical tests, tables of statistical results (generated by Minitab), and graphs. D. Discuss the correlation and causal relations between the variables in your tests.

Deliverables: Create a draft of the graphs, summaries, and tables. You will be evaluated on the correct use of Minitab in performing the statistical tests. The results and analysis will be incorporated into your final paper.

Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a three- to four-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review 11 If" ',p In ,,1 f uc I ions.

Critical Elements

Proficient (100)

Needs Improvement (75)

Not Evident (0)

Value

Data Analysis:

Uses Minitab to perform the statistical

Uses Minitab to perform the statistical

Statistical tests are not produced or

20

Graphs

tests and generate graphs using

tests and to generate graphs but does

Minitab is not used

appropriate statistics to provide a

not use appropriate statistics, or does

simple linear regression or a multiple

not provide a simple linear regression or

regression model

a multiple regression model

Data Analysis:

Includes an appropriate set of charts,

Includes incoherent or unrelated charts,

Does not include supporting charts,

20

Tables

graphs, and tables that directly support

graphs, or tables

graphs, or tables

I

the statistical analysis of the test

Data Analysis:

Provides a summary accurately

Provides an incomplete summary or

Does not provide a summary and

20

I

I

Summary

interpreting the results of the statistical

errors in interpretation of test results

analysis

!

tests (tables and graphs)

are present

I

Data Analysis:

Discusses the correlation and causal

Briefly discusses the correlation and

Does not discuss the correlation and

20

Correlation and

relations between the variables in the

causal relations between the variables

causal relations between the variables

i

Relations

tests

in the tests but requires more detail and

in the tests

additional scholarly support

Articulation of

Submission has no major errors related

Submission has major errors related to

Submission has critical errors related to

20

Response

to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,

citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or

citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or

or organization

organization that negatively impact

organization that prevent understanding

readability and articulation of main

of ideas

ideas

Earned Total

100