Business Finance Homework Help

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For this assignment, you will use the “Analytics Problem
Statement” template to organize your problem statement. This will
help you identify your analytical problem that you will eventually
address using analytics. The analytics problem statement will be an
integral component of the remaining activities in this course.

Ensure that data are available to address your business problem. You
will need to provide your dataset as a part of the Topic 3 assignment.
If using data from your company, ensure that proprietary
concerns are addressed or approvals to use the data are obtained.
If there are concerns about proprietary issues related to using
company data, you can change your dataset accordingly.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.

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Now that you have identified the business problem and translated it
into an analytics problem, you can now identify the data needs and
acquire the data.

Provide a 500-1,000 word paper that, at a minimum, identifies the
data needs in terms of the following:

1. What is needed? Be specific for each variable (e.g., Monthly
   Sales last 12 months, Number of Monthly Customers last 12
   months).
2. How can the data be obtained? When can the data be
   obtained?
3. For each data variable, identify the specific type:
   Are they measured data (continuous, e.g., how long does a customer
   stay in the retail store?) or counted data (discrete, e.g., how many
   customers came to the store from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.?).
4. Also,
   assess whether the available data can be used to address the
   specific analytics problem statement identified in the Topic 2
   assignment.

Provide the raw data that you will be using for subsequent
assignments. Place the dataset into an Excel file. Ensure that column
headers are provided that clearly identify the meaning of each data
variable. As needed, provide the necessary information in the file so
data values can be interpreted. If there are concerns about
proprietary issues related to using company data, you can change
your dataset accordingly.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA
Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for
successful completion.