Complete a final Data Analytics Project that addresses a business problem using the tools learned in this course along with real-world data.
Research a topic that emulate a real life situation for which a company/organization might seek an answer and chose to perform analysis to evaluate alternative courses of action.
Your project must go beyond using solely Excel functionality and utilize one of the analytics tools of this course – linear programming, simulation, decision trees, or data mining. Further it should incorporate visualization to tell your story.
The Data Analysis and Conclusions paper will provide an opportunity for you to consolidate, analyze, and draw conclusions from the results of your research. Results will then be analyzed and considered relative to the initial purpose of your research and used to inform the decision you are addressing.
The conclusions become the essence of information upon which management can make decisions. This is the most significant part of the research. Specific findings from your quantitative analysis should be used to support the recommendations you make. This is the essence of data-driven decision making.
