P1 create a plan for the collection of primary and secondary data for a given business problem

P2 present the survey methodology and sampling frame used

P3 design a questionnaire for a given business problem1.    Create a plan for the collection of data for your research on Sainsbury and present the survey methodology and sampling frame used. (P1, P2)

2.    Design a questionnaire that will be administered to Sainsbury’s customers to assess their level of satisfaction. Address any data protection issues and ethical considerations for your research. (P3)

 P4 create information for decision making by summarising data using representative values

P5 analyse the results to draw valid conclusions in a business context

P6 analyse data using measures of dispersion to inform a given business scenario

P7 explain how quartiles, percentiles and the correlation coefficient are used to draw useful conclusions in a business context

P12 use appropriate information processing tools 

1. Summarize the data using five representative values and measures of dispersion. Analyse the results to draw valid conclusions. (P4, P5, P6, P12)

2. Identify the 25^th, 50^th, 75^th percentiles of the

-          Sales variables. Explain their use,

-          Operating Profit variables. Explain their use (P7, P12)

3. Estimate the correlation coefficient between sales and operating profit for Sainsbury’s. Comment on the possible relationship between these variables

(P7, P12) 

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