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Assignment #2 Quantitative Data Analysis S23

This document provides instructions for Assignment 2 of the BUS8375 course. Students are asked to: 1) Analyze snack consumption data using a frequency distribution table, histogram, and summary. 2) Create a pie chart summarizing snack reasons and summarize. 3) Draw a scatterplot showing number of snacks and price, and summarize. 4) Analyze a Likert scale question using measures of central tendency. 5) Calculate the standard deviation and expected range of weekly snack spending, and explain how the standard deviation would differ for a population versus sample.

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Assignment #2 Quantitative Data Analysis S23

This document provides instructions for Assignment 2 of the BUS8375 course. Students are asked to: 1) Analyze snack consumption data using a frequency distribution table, histogram, and summary. 2) Create a pie chart summarizing snack reasons and summarize. 3) Draw a scatterplot showing number of snacks and price, and summarize. 4) Analyze a Likert scale question using measures of central tendency. 5) Calculate the standard deviation and expected range of weekly snack spending, and explain how the standard deviation would differ for a population versus sample.

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BUS8375 – Research and Data Analysis

Assignment 2 (In-Class) – Quantitative Data Analysis

Instructions:

Review the data that has been collected from the Snack Survey that was run in class (data is located in
Week 11 on eConestoga). Using this data, complete the following:

1) For the question “In an average week, how many snacks would you consume in addition to your
main meals”:
a) Create a frequency distribution table using four (4) equal intervals (1 pts)
b) Draw a histogram to present the results from your table (3 pts)
c) Summarize the data in the histogram in two or less sentences (i.e. what is the histogram
telling us?). (1 pts).

2) Draw a pie-chart summarizing the “most common reasons you choose to snack”. (3 pts)
Summarize data in the pie-chart in two or less sentences (i.e. what is the chart telling us). (1 pts)

3) Draw a scatterplot showing number of snacks in an average week on the X axis and maximum
price per snack on the Y axis. (3 pts) Summarize the data in the scatterplot in two sentences or less
(i.e. what is the graph telling us). (1 pts)

4) Code the question, “I feel less guilty about snacking”. Calculate the Mode, Median, and Mean for
your coded response. (4 pts)

5) Assume this data set you are analyzing represents a sample of the GBM/SGBM student
population. For the question “What would you say, on average, is the total amount you spend on
snacks for a week?”
a) Manually calculate the standard deviation in excel (be sure to show your work). (5 pts).
b) Assume we had a normal distribution for the data we were looking at in Question 5.
Between what range (CAD $) would you expect to find 68% of the data. (1 mark)
c) If the data we were looking at in Question 5 represented the population instead of a
sample, would you expect the standard deviation to be higher or lower than what was
calculated? Why? (2 marks)

Deliverable:

Submit an Excel document with your responses to the above. Please be sure to show detailed
calculations. It is recommended to use one worksheet per question.

Submit the assignment in the Assignment drop box, before the due date. Submissions more than 5
minutes late will be penalized 10%. Assignments received after one day late will be penalized another
10%. Late submissions will not be accepted after 2 days late.
Grading:

Grading for this assignment will be based upon:

1. Visual appearance of your graphs – title, legend, axes labels


2. Accuracy of your response
3. Calculations shown
4. Explanation of results

The total grade for this assignment is 25 points and the assignment is worth 5% of your final grade.

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