TaskThe objectives of this assignment are to test your understanding of the various data modelling (time series) techniques covered in the course, expose you to the kind of work you may encounter in your professional career and test your ability to write reports that have technical depth but can be understood by a non-technical audience (such as potential clients). You are working to undertake a research project for a multinational consultant...
ObjectivesThe organic products' market is proliferating in most parts of the world. However, institutional weaknesses in developing countries, such as India, have helped to impede the adoption of organic diets in the market. In Europe, the focus is more on what informs consumers' buying habits. 1. To determine the drivers of organic food buying preferences. 2. To assess factors that shape the structure and function of Organic food sales. 3....
Assignment #1Assignment #1: Prepare Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis PlanBefore conducting any statistical analyses, researchers develop a plan for how they will analyze their data to answer their research questions. The purpose of this assignment is to provide an experience developing a descriptive statistics analysis plan. Note: This first assignment is a planonly; no statistics will be calculated or graphs created. The second assignment...
Task: 1. The $3 food voucher was given to improve response rate. However, the survey may still be prone to non-response bias. Explain what is non-response bias and why such bias may be present here. (5 marks)2. State and explain whether the statements below refer to descriptive or inferential statistics.(a) Pharmacy chains in Singapore commented that the demand for health supplements is expected to increase by another 20% next year.(b) In a ...
TaskPipelines Engineering Company (PEC) have been operating as a pipeline installer for 40 years in the oil and gas industry. They price their tenders in accordance with the methodology of the gulf stream requirements and where require use the form of measurements provided in John S Page’s reference book ‘Estimator’s Piping Man-Hour Manual’. They have gathered their own indices and data from completed projects and the m...
Option 1: Collecting and Analyzing Academic Data Via Curriculum Based MeasurementOption 1: Collecting and Analyzing Academic Data Via Curriculum Based Measurement If you use Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) to monitor the progress of a student, you must collect at least 6 data points. This data can either be collected during the term, or if you already use some type of CBM, you may use data that was collected at any time during this acade...
Sampling and research design1. In research studies, collecting the proper sample is prominent. How is the sample different from the population? In this regard, what is the difference between parameter and statistic? Also, one problem with using a sample is that the sample cannot perfectly represent the population. This discrepancy is called sampling error. Define the term, sampling error, and describe why it occurs in sample statistic. Lastl...
RationaleOrganisations are being compelled to collect, organise, store and disseminate data in large volumes to support decision making in order to improve business operations and achieve competitive advantage. Data management and analytics technologies have become widely accessible and affordable to businesses which are increasingly adopting these technologies to create useful insights from big data. Businesses now require managers, account...
Dataset DescriptionThis ECA requires you to analyze a clothing E-Commerce dataset that includes customer reviews. The data is available from the Kaggle website: https://www.kaggle.com/nicapotato/womens-ecommerce-clothing-reviews The dataset has been anonymized and the references to the company in the review text and title were replaced with a generic term “retailer”. You are required to download the dataset (Womens Clothing E-Com...
Task Overview: Journal activities in this course are private between you and your instructor. Journal activities are designed to help you make meaningful connections between the course content and the larger goals of this course. While a certain level of informality is permitted, proper grammar, spelling, and APA citations are required. Your journal post should reflect academic rigor. Journals in this course are graded individually. For the ...
InstructionsInstructions:You have to submit the Stata do file as well as the final report. The do file should be self-sufficient in terms of explaining which lines display the outputs for a particular question. These can be added in the following format in the do file. Your tables need to be incorporated using images, directly obtained through Stata. Each image (table) should show the Stata command and its output. These tables are not inclu...
Purpose and ApproachColby suggests that qualitative research methods look to describe and analyse some element of culture, history, or other human phenomena through fieldwork (e.g., observation, interviews, focus groups, etc) so as to better understand that which was observed. The foundation of qualitative research is that the data you collect is no “fit” into a predetermined interpretation. Rather, the findings are supported by ex...
ObjectivesCountry Berazia has experienced both shortages and surpluses of gasoline and other petroleum products. It is becoming apparent that the periods of shortages will increase as the world exhausts its supply of crude oil. In an effort to postpone that event, the government has been trying to persuade consumers to reduce their consumption of energy. The government of Berazia has launched advertising campaigns for this pu...
Task: A penalty of five marks will be deducted for late submissions that are made within the first hour after the deadline. Submissions that are more than one hour late but within the first 24 hours of the deadline will incur a penalty of ten marks. After the first 24 hours have passed, ten marks will be deducted for every 24 hours (or part thereof) that the submission is late for a total of 5 days. After 5 days it is treated as a non-submissi...
General InstructionsFor this assignment you will write a brief research report in APA style. Your research reportwill describe a study investigating behavioural priming. The study is based on data we collected via the online experiment posted earlier in the semester. The study is a fairly close replication of experiment 4 in an article by Dijksterhuis and Van Knippenberg (1998).The study aims to determine whether people who are exposed to the ...