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The document provides details for an assignment analyzing sales data for a restaurant chain. Students are asked to analyze provided data using Excel functions to evaluate restaurant performance and answer questions. Key tasks include using pivot tables and charts to summarize performance by region, size, and competition. Students also use VLOOKUP, IF statements, and COUNT/COUNTIF functions to analyze the data and make recommendations regarding underperforming restaurants, advertising spending, and expansion.

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DataAnalysis PittsStop

The document provides details for an assignment analyzing sales data for a restaurant chain. Students are asked to analyze provided data using Excel functions to evaluate restaurant performance and answer questions. Key tasks include using pivot tables and charts to summarize performance by region, size, and competition. Students also use VLOOKUP, IF statements, and COUNT/COUNTIF functions to analyze the data and make recommendations regarding underperforming restaurants, advertising spending, and expansion.

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MBAB 5P09 T Herath

Assignment: Data Analysis for Decision Making

In this assignment you will familiarize yourself with spreadsheet applications (Excel) and their use
in data interpretation. You can use basic MS Excel functions (such as SUM; AVERAGE; COUNTIF;
MEDIAN; MODE) as well as advanced functions (such as VLOOKUP and IF statement); charts;
PivotTables; PivotChart to analyze the data provided to you.
Submission should be done before the deadline using the Assignment link on Sakai. You are
required to submit one MS Excel file and one MS Word file with the well-formatted report on
your excel findings answering the posed queries per group through the course website. The Word
file must include a title page specifying the names of the group and group members. Use the
following convention to name the files (5P09_Section#_GroupName_AssignName). For instance,
group G1 in Section 2 will name the database assign as: 5P09_S2_G1_DataAnalysis.
Choose one team member for uploading the files. Verify that your assignment files are submitted
properly through the course website. Late submissions and wrong files will automatically receive a
grade of zero.

The assignment will be graded on a relative scale.


Based on the accuracy and completion of the allocated tasks as well as the
details/effort/extra analysis/usefulness of analysis in creating charts and reports.
(Accuracy in analysis, Explanation of assumptions and results, Extra effort put in the
assignment with charts and additional consideration, attention to detail in analysis,
formatting and presentation of report, Clarity in report, Depth in report)
MBAB 5P09 T Herath

Case: PittsStop - Vital Information


You have just landed the job of intern for the vice president of operations for The Pitt Stop
Restaurants, a national chain of full-service, casual-themed restaurants.
During your first week on the job, Suzanne Graham, your boss, has asked you to provide an analysis
of how well the company’s restaurants are performing. Specifically, she would like to know which
units and regions are performing extremely well, which are performing moderately well, and which
are underperforming. Her goal is to identify where to spend time and focus efforts to improve the
overall health of the company.
Using a data warehousing tool, important information can be accessed from all of its systems either
daily, weekly, monthly, or once or twice per year. Review and analyze the data provided from the
data warehouse in the data file.
Create a formal presentation of your findings in a report based on your analysis. Review the data
file provided to you and determine how best to analyze and interpret the data.

A. Evaluate case – Do you trust your data (provided in this document). Provide reflection on
questions posed in the case.

B. Evaluate the quality of the data and give examples from the data showing the kind of
information the company might be able to use to gain a better understanding of its customers
and performance. Include the types of data quality issues the company can anticipate and the
strategies it can use to help avoid such issues. Develop a report for executives discussing the
importance of high-quality information and how low-quality information can affect business.

C. Analyze the data provided with the help of Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts, and prepare a
report that summarizes:
1. Performance of restaurants according to geographical area
2. Should underperforming restaurants be closed or sold?
3. Should high-performing restaurants be expanded to accommodate more seats?
4. Should the company spend more or less on advertising?
5. In which markets should the advertising budget be adjusted?
6. How are The Pitt Stop Restaurants performing compared to the competition?
7. How are units of like size performing relative to each other?
8. In addition, using (1) Vlookup, (2) If statement, and (3) count/countif functions create any
three queries of your choice and provide your analysis.

D. Explore “Analyze Data” feature (Home tab ➔ Analyze Data)1 for automated querying of the
data. Use “Analyze Data” feature and comment on your findings.
(For those who are interested in even further more … Try this 2)

Note: Use separate worksheet to do the analysis needed for each query. Label each
worksheet appropriately to indicate the query you are analyzing.

1AItools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6OB80Vt1Dk&ab_channel=KevinStratvert (more


specifically time stamp 8:37)
2
ChatGPT INSIDE Excel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQPUWryXwag&ab_channel=LeilaGharani
MBAB 5P09 T Herath

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