DSA-1: Setup and Configuration

1. Data Visualization Scope and Plan

Evaluation: grading you on your ability to plan and to apply the concepts/frameworks that we’ve learned to date. I would suggest answering the following questions like an essay, or English paper.  

1.1.          What is Business Analytics?

Answer – looking for a thoughtful answer that applies what you are learning…

1.2.          Data Gathering Process

Describe the data gather process. What data are you interested in researching? What open data platforms are you evaluating?

Answer – journal about you data exploring activities conducted in Week 6 – make sure you listen to all of the material provided in Canvas…

Easy Button

If you are unable to find a dataset of interest based on the video(s) provided, then you have the option to use the data set that I provide in Week 7 copying the steps I put into the coaching video. The highest grade that you can receive with the Easy Button is an 85%. If you use the Easy Button, you need to write an entry into the Activity Log. If you decide to find your own data, then remove Section 1.2.1. Easy Button.

1.3.          Confirming Expectations of the DSA by writing about the Evaluation Process

Describe how Lance and his team will assess the Data Science Activity deliverables (i.e., DSA-1 and DSA-2).

Answer…– I would expect a summary of the Grading Philosophy and Submission Statement instructions.

1.4.          Business Question

Answer – based on your answer in 1.2. – what do you expect to learn from analyzing the data? What are the potential headlines?.

1.5.          Timeline

Evaluation: grading you on your ability to build a detailed plan and to anticipate what you tasks you think you need to completed in the future. 

The following section will outline your tasks from Weeks 1-12. I would expect you to read through this document and based on your understanding from Week 6 through Week 12, provide a list of activities that you think you need to conduct in order to complete all five sections of the DSA framework. DSA-1 is a milestone assessing how you completed Sections 1 and 2. DSA-2 is the final work product which includes your content for Sections 3-6. I would recommend reading ahead.

For the Fall of 2024

I’m asking you to go back and time and capture the activities that should have been completed from Week 1 through Week 5. Take credit for what tasks you completed. Those task that you didn’t complete, you should create tasks starting in Week 6 and beyond to catch up.

Note: the DSA is a “Living Document” and I will be focused on completing Sections 1 and 2 by insert date. I understand the scope of DSA-2 is Sections 3-6 which is due on insert date.

The following content is an example outline. I expect you to use this outline and to change the dates that I have in parentheses.  

Week 5 Activities (February 6-12):

·        Content that relates to YOU

Week 6 Activities (Oct. 3-9):

·        Content that relates to YOU

Week 7 Activities (Oct. 10-16):

·        Consume lecture materials and identify concepts that I can use in my DSA

·        Update Revision History, as necessary

·        Continued data gathering each day on Eisenhower Matrix

Week 8 Activities (Oct. 17-xx):

·        Add YOUR Activities

·        MILESTONE: DSA-1 due on October 16; but, I plan to submit by Friday October 14 at 5:00pm.

Week 9 Activities (Month x-x):

·        Add YOUR Activities

Week 10 Activities (Month x-x):

·        Add YOUR Activities

Week 11 Activities (Month x-x):

·        Add YOUR Activities

Week 12 Activities (Month x-x):

·        Add YOUR Activities

2.     Describe your Dataset

Evaluation: grading you on the level of context and content you are able to provide when evaluating the data types you’ve collected.

In this section, you will be describing the data that you expect to collect. For example, the options outlined in the DSA Resources page has questions. Those questions have answers. The tables below describe the answers in terms of attributes or columns/fields in a spreadsheet.

NOTE: Upon your DSA-1 submission, upload the data you wish to use.

Data Definition

Table 1: Name

Populate the table below per the DSA Launch Video. You may need to add more than one table based on the datasets you find.

During your analysis of the data,  you may uncover potential data quality issues or consistencies. You should start keeping a list of data quality issues.

·        Issue

·        Issue

·        Issue

DSA-2: Data Preparation and Visualization

The DSA-2 scope includes sections 3-5. Similar to the DSA-1 submission, I provide you with an opportunity to self-assess by providing a Submission Statement with your work at the beginning of this document. Here is the point breakdown for the DSA-2 sections:

·        Section 3: Preparing your Dataset

·        Section 4: Storyboard

·        Section 5: Storytelling with Data

3.     Preparing your Dataset

Evaluation: grading you on your dataset. Was it structured? Scrubbed for quality? Did your explanation make sense?

Provide a summary of how you modified your dataset with an explanation. You will use this section to document your experience. Questions to consider: how many columns did you use? How many columns did you delete? How many rows did you delete? How was the overall data quality? How many data sources did you have? During your analysis, did you have to gather more data?

You will also be expected to submit your final spreadsheet or dataset AS A SEPARATE FILE with the submission of your paper (i.e., DSA-2). DO NOT EMBED A FILE IN THIS DOCUMENT.

Answer ….

4.     Storyboard

Evaluation: grading you on your ability to apply concepts that you’ve learned in the course. You will want to consider leveraging any of the models such as descriptive, prescriptive/decision, or predictive.

During this course we covered different ways to build an analytics story including several data mining methods (e.g., logical regression, classification). We have also invested time reading from the Knaflic book, Storytelling with Data. My intent on providing a wide range of concepts is to give you a library of methods to consider and choose from. I want to simplify the learning process by letting you explore methods that you find interesting and allow you to select the methods you are comfortable with based on your previous knowledge of math and statistics that you most likely experienced in middle school through high school. Remember, concrete experiences are important to leverage in analytics.

Your data visualization needs to produce four components (e.g., graphs) and needs to tell an overall story. You will insert your data components into a visualization (See Section 5). I would recommend using MS Excel for your tool.

To complete this section, you need to provide a brief synopsis of how you plan to create your four components INTO ONE VISUAL. Focus on describing your analysis. Maybe you apply some of the concepts from Knaflic and/or other materials in the course. Just specify which ones you used and describe what those methods accomplish. MS Excel also has methods for creating visualizations. You are welcome to explore those features as well.

Additionally, you can apply any of the data mining methods such as regression or classification that we have covered. I would also consider the types of visuals/graphs that we learned in Storytelling with Data.

Answer

Graph 1: Dog vs. Cat Stress Level

I would like to explore leveraging a vertical bar chart to show the stress levels between those that prefer cats to dogs.

Graph 2: Name

I would like to incorporate a slope graph because…….

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Graph 3: Name

Tell me about …..

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