Assignment Description
Weekly tasks or
assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday, and late
submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty
policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on
midnight Central Time.
For this assignment,
you will need to become familiar with specialized business intelligence (BI)
software, then download the software. Complete the following steps to begin:
·
Step 1: Watch an instructional video on the BI software.
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Step 2: Download the BI software. After you select the link,
look for the orange icon in the upper right portion of your screen to begin the
download.
Consider the following
scenario:
The National Sales
meeting is approaching. Each regional sales manager has to do a short
presentation for the marketing department that highlights how the consumers in
their territory are different from those in the total United States. You are
still working with the local regional sales manager. Complete the following:
·
Click here to download the reports for the United States. This
file contains reports generated from a marketing organization’s Web site. The
Web site provides free demographical services where one can choose from a
variety of criteria and generate reports based on the U.S. Census data. This
particular file contains 4 reports: General Summary, Census Trend 1980 to 2000
Summary, Occupation and Employment Summary, and Income Summary based on the
entire United States.
·
Click here to download the reports for zip code 60614. This
particular file contains 4 reports: General Summary, Census Trend 1980 to 2000
Summary, Occupation and Employment Summary, and Income Summary based on the
U.S. zip code 60614.
·
Using all 4 demographic reports (General Summary, Census Trend
1980 to 2000 Summary, Occupation and Employment Summary, and Income Summary)
for the United States and zip code 60614, prepare a 1-page memo explaining how
your territory differs from the national profile. Feel free to note anything
that you found surprising in this data.
·
Use the business intelligence software to depict information
from these reports.
·
Prepare a presentation of 5–6 slides of your major findings. You
may group a category of data from the Total United States and zip code 60614,
and create a graph to show how they differ. The presentation should have at
least one graph and a headline that summarizes a key takeaway from the graph.
The last page should contain at least 3 questions that you would want answered
based on what you’ve seen in this comparison.
Your presentation
should include 5–6 slides in PowerPoint, plus title and reference slides with
speaker notes (200–250 words per slide).
Please submit your
assignment.
For more information
on creating PowerPoint Presentations, please visit the Microsoft Office
Applications Lab.
References
Pak, A. (2013, August
12). Tableau Public – Overview and Applications [Video file]. Retrieved
fromhttp://youtu.be/PnkMiHocqRw
Summary reports.
(n.d.). Retrieved March 3, 2006, from the Free Demographics Service on the
American Marketing Association Web site:
http:/www.marketingpower.com/content753.php
Tableau Public.
(n.d.). Retrieved November 11, 2014 from http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/
For assistance with
your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials
