QAS 228 Final Group Project/Presentation

A. Final Group project/presentation Part I Requirement:
1. Group Problem Solving Chapter 6 (Standard Normal Distribution chapter)
a. Group A- 6.56 (a,b) - Undergraduate Survey
b. Group B 6.57 (a,b) - Undergraduate Survey
c. Group C- 6.58 (a,b) - Graduate Survey
d. Group D 6.59 (a,b) - Graduate Survey
B. Final Group Project/Presentation - Part II Requirement:
1. ABC University Administration has hired your group as business consultants to
determine whether the University should expand its undergraduate and graduate
business programs to an offsite location or multiple locations. With your group work,
you will observe and analyze undergraduate or graduate student data. Your group will
address the problem or issue given. Based on your results from your group work in
chapter 6 and work from previous group assignments in the semester, your group will
discuss the results of your group recent chapter 6 assignments and how the results
can assist the ABC University administrators in their business decision making
process. Also, you should suggest what other information concerning the different
types of errors might be useful to examine, and offer possible courses of actions for
the University administration or management might use to guide the ABC University
in the direction of future success and increased revenue growth.
C. Prepare an analysis report to be submitted to the ABC University Administration. You
should include the following information in your report:
1. Cover page. Please use business design. You should also include your name.
2. Background and objective of the project.
3. Data analysis. It should include all the tables, charts, and detailed analysis. Please note that
for each of the datasets that you present, you should also clearly analyze the pattern of the
data and provide insightful inferences related to the objective of the project.
4. Conclusions and suggestions.
5. Appendix, if any.
Note: Please check the attached evaluation rubric for the report.
Project due policy:
The project should be submitted on time. Project handed in during the week after it is due will be
penalized by 25% deduction. Project handed in during the second week after it is due will be
penalized by 50% deduction. No submission will be acceptable after that.

Evaluation Rubric for QAS 228 Project Report
Criteria
Cover page

A (20 points)

B(15 points)

C(10 points)

D(5 points)

Clear and good business design which is
related to the project.

Clear design with a title.

Background and
objective of the
project

Clearly explain the background and
condition of the company, and the reasons
for the company to start the project.

Clearly explain either the
background of the company, or
the reasons to start the project,
but do not have both.

Have explained either the
background or the objectives of
the project, but the explanations
are irrelevant.

No background and
objective of the project.

Data analysis

For each of the four datasets: choose an
appropriate chart to present the data by
using Excel; clearly analyze the pattern of
the data; provide insightful inferences
related to the objective of the project.

For the four datasets, either
choose an appropriate chart to
present the data by using Excel;
or clearly analyze the pattern of
the data and provide clear
inferences related to the objective
of the project, but do not have
both.

For the four datasets, choose a
chart to present the data but the
chart is inappropriate and do
not obtain information about
the pattern of the data.

Miss charts for the datasets.

Draw reasonable conclusions based on
data analysis; provide insightful
suggestions for management.

Draw reasonable conclusions
based on data analysis; but do not
provide clear suggestions for
management.

Have conclusions or
suggestions, but is unrelated to
data analysis or the objective of
the paper.

Miss conclusions and
suggestions.

The report is well constructed; no
grammatical or spelling errors.

The report is generally clear but
the transition or flow is difficult
in some places; or few
grammatical /spelling errors.

The concepts and ideas
presented in the report are
loosely connected; or several
grammatical/spelling errors.

The concepts and ideas
presented in the report are
unclear; or pervasive
grammatical/spelling errors.

Conclusions and
suggestions