BackgroundWith the increasing disclosure of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-related information, more and more Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are expected to establish internal mechanisms within their businesses that lead towards more sustainable behaviour, such as integrating CSR-related aspects into existing management control systems. A study was conducted in 2021 to examine the drivers of the existence of such CSR-related ...
Questions: Discussion of Quantitative Techniques Used in a Journal Article: This document is your formal analysis of the quantitative methods used by the author of and economic journal article. Question 1: What methods and data were used for the article? Were proper quantitative procedures followed by the author? Question 2: What key or critical information was not addressed by the author to support his/her conclusion(s)?&...
Creating a Table and Handling Missing ValuesUse the cars dataset, answer the following questions in Apache Spark. 1. Write a Spark DataFrames query to create a table called used_cars from data. Use a schema that is appropriate for the column headings 2. Look at the date column of the table used_cars. Why does the date column have allNULL values? 3. Bonus: Create a table such that the date column is read correctly based on the format i...
Which is not one of the steps for Prepping the data for analysis: reverse scoring any necessary items in the measure checking reliability of the measure deciding whether or not to reject the null hypothesis computing overall score for the measure A MANOVA is an example of ______________ statistics. univariate bivariate multivariate A 3x2 ANOVA refers to an analysis with: 2 IVs with 3 levels each 2 IVs: one with 3 levels an...
The problemIntroduction The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requests you to analyse information obtained from an accredited laboratory which has analysed worker blood samples from four different chemical industries. The HSE wants to know if there is any cause for concern that the workers may potentially be affected by exposure to organic solvents resulting in liver damage. Data for four industries, all of which use a range of potentiall...
ObjectiveObjective • This project gives students the opportunity to work with real-world data and perform some endto-end development of a workbook, without step-by-step instructions.• Students can use a template, to explain the rationale behind the work completed in the project.• Apply the Excel skills that are covered throughout the course to modify and manipulate the spreadsheet, whilst providing explanation for the modific...
Part 1Part 1Answer the following statements: 1. Define a Population.2. Define a Sample.3. Provide an example of a research scenario and then discuss the Population and the Sample in the context of the scenario (2-3 sentences).4. Define Bias in the context of research.5. Indentify and define the four levels of measurement. Part 2Retrieve and read the guide entitled Overview Sampling Procedures published by the division of System Manag...
Learning Outcomes1. Understand how modern algorithmic software technologies add value to businesses.2. Understand how to express and design algorithms in terms of sequences of instructions, selection rules and iterative processes.3. Characterise algorithms and the data structures they employ.4. Assess the complexity of algorithmic code and prepare ‘Big O’ plots based on timings, loop counters and theory.5. Understand, analyse and a...
Aim of the StudyAim: For this coursework you will act as a junior business analytics consultant working for one of the group members hometown estate agency with the aim of carrying out study on the housing market his her hometown. The manager of the real estate agency wants to obtain a general view of the housing market focusing on the housing prices type and size of houses for sale. The Data SetYou will collect your data from a reliable...
TaskFor this coursework you will act as a junior business analytics consultant working for one of the group members hometown’s (i.e. the town/city he/she grew up) estate agency with the aim of carrying out a study on the housing market in his/her hometown. The manager of the real estate agency wants to obtain a general view of the housing market focusing on the housing prices, type and size of houses for sale.The Data SetYou will collect...
Project OverviewThis project may be done in groups of size 2-3. We will have higher standards for those working in groups of 3, but either way we expect it to be a substantial project on which you devote significant effort. It's difficult to quantify "significant effort" but there's a grading rubric that can clarify this. We are not looking for a perfect project, instead we are interested to see how you identify some of the challenges and come...
What is regression analysis and how it helps predict future outcomes?In hypothesis testing, we learned how to scientifically validate or refute a belief or a claim. In the next three lessons, we will shift gears to prediction. Regression analysis is a widely used statistical method that (1) helps us make predictions about a variable of interest based on known values of other variables, and (2) provides an objective measure of the change in the...
Data CollectionModule 4 Excel Assignment Linear Regression The manager of a company that relies on traveling sales persons to sell the company’s products wants to examine the relationship between sales and the amount of time a salesperson spends with each established customer who regularly orders the company’s products. He or she believes that sales can be predicted by the amount of time a sales person spends with a customer. The ...
Question: This assessment is a group assessment (40 marks) with an individual report (30 marks) LO 1: Explain the principal theoretical and philosophical approaches to undertaking research in the contemporary New Zealand business context. LO 2: Discuss the collection and treatment of research data. Your group needs to hold a 20-minute presentation in-class explaining your research design. One of the group members needs to submit...
Important informationIf you are unable to complete your open assessment by the submission date indicated above because of Exceptional Circumstances you can apply for an extension. If unforeseeable and exceptional circumstances do occur, you must seek support and provide evidence as soon as possible at the time of the occurrence. Suppose the Mars 2020 rover will be visiting a particular crater on the surface of Mars to collect some samples. ...