27 Jan QSO 510 Scenario Analysis Guidelines and Rubric

QSO 510 Scenario Analysis Guidelines and Rubric

Knowledge of statistics is important foundational knowledge for analyzing data. Equally important is what you can do with that information. An overarching goal of this course is to consider how statistics informs decision making, or data-based decision making. Throughout this course, you will be asked to make decisions and then to consider the impact of those choices. Whether in stock trading, in car sales, or on the production floor, the decisions you make as a business professional should be directly influenced by the data available to you. Careful analysis is the key to data-based decision making.

Each module task below provides a scenario and a list of questions for you to answer using data-based decision making.

 Module Two: Stock Options

 Module Four: Cars Sold

 Module Five: Computer Chips

 Module Six: Vacation Time

 Module Eight: Promotion

 Module Ten: Printing Equipment

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Main Elements

II. Integration and Application

III. Analysis

IV. Critical Thinking

Guidelines for Submission: Your analysis of the scenario must be submitted as a 1- to 2-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing and 12-point Times New Roman font.