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WK 3, MIS6210

PART I

Overview

In this assignment, you will explore the role of data visualization in presenting complex data to management. As you know, a graph is worth a thousand words (sometimes more); so selecting the proper visualization tool can aid managers in making the proper decisions.

Tasks

On the basis of your assigned readings for this week, discuss the following:

• The role real-time data plays in ensuring the success of businesses
• The role of data visualization in helping managers make decisions
• The different data visualization techniques used to translate data into knowledge for managers

• PART II

• Course Project Part 3—Visualizing Data to Making Decisions

• Overview

  In this assignment, we will get our hands on actual data and try to extract information from it. Using that information, we will create knowledge. The role of this assignment is to help you explore the role of data visualization in converting numbers into meaningful information.

  Tasks

  Using the US Census Bureau at census.gov, search for a data set related to the state you are in. Analyze the data set and use any visualization tool, for example, Microsoft Excel, to relate the information/knowledge you gained from analyzing the data set. Your analysis could be as simple as calculating averages, variances, or biases or as complicated as finding relationships among variables or finding correlations among elements (e.g., a scatter diagram).Your paper must include the following information:

  • The source of the data/data set
  • A description of what the data set contains
  • Analysis performed on the data set
  • Results (in tabular format)
  • Visual diagrams (bar graphs, pie charts, scatter diagrams, etc.)

  Submission Details:

  • Write the paper in 4 to 5 pages in a Microsoft Word document.