Learning Goal: I’m working on a data analytics question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
While most applications of blockchain technology have emerged in the financial sector (for example, Zcash, Circle, and Abra), its practical applications go beyond finance, because essentially any type of digital asset can be tracked and traded through a blockchain. Many different industries are experimenting in the blockchain space, even though this experimentation is still in its early stages. Examples range from medical records (MedRec, PokitDok), to digital rights and micropayments (Brave Browser, Ascribe, Open Music Initiative), identity systems (uPort), and supply chains (Everledger, Hyperledger).For your literature review this week, you are required to choose a blockchain initiative that interests you. It could be an existing application that you have come across in your own research, one of the examples listed above, or an idea that you may have for blockchain technology as a solution to a business problem.You are to review the literature on your blockchain initiative and discuss problems and gaps that have been identified in the literature. You will expand on the issue and how researchers have attempted to examine that issue by collecting data – you are NOT collecting data, just reporting on how researchers did their collection.
Paper Layout:Title Page
Table of contents:Use a Microsoft Enabled Table of Contents feature.
Background:Describe the issue, discuss the problem, and elaborate on any previous attempts to examine that issue. Be sure to discuss similar blockchain initiatives here.
Research Questions:In the identified problem area that you are discussing, what were the research questions that were asked? Be sure to include main research questions from all the literature you are reviewing.
Methodology:What approach did the researcher use, qualitative, quantitative, survey, case study? Describe the population that was chosen. You will discuss the methodology for all the literature you are reviewing.
Data Analysis:What were some of the findings, for example, if there were any hypotheses asked, were they supported?
Conclusions:What was the conclusion of any data collections, e.g., were research questions answered, were hypotheses supported? Be sure to also include the similarities and differences between the literature. Also discuss here the future of this blockchain initiative and if it is a viable initiative.
Paper requirements:Be a minimum of 7 pages in length, not including the required cover page and reference pages.
Follow APA 7 guidelines. Be sure to conduct research on formatting literature reviews.
Your literature review should include a minimum of 8 scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles. The UC Library is a great place to find resources.
Be clear and well-written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques.
Category: Data Analytics
In preparation for writing your report to senior management next week, conduct the following descriptive statistics analyses with Microsoft® Excel®. Answer the questions below in your Microsoft® Excel® sheet or in a separate Microsoft® Word document:
Insert a new column in the database that corresponds to “Annual Sales.” Annual Sales is the result of multiplying a restaurant’s “SqFt.” by “Sales/SqFt.”
Calculate the mean, standard deviation, skew, 5-number summary, and interquartile range (IQR) for each of the variables.
Create a box-plot for the “Annual Sales” variable. Does it look symmetric? Would you prefer the IQR instead of the standard deviation to describe this variable’s dispersion? Why?
Create a histogram for the “Sales/SqFt” variable. Is the distribution symmetric? If not, what is the skew? Are there any outliers? If so, which one(s)? What is the “SqFt” area of the outlier(s)? Is the outlier(s) smaller or larger than the average restaurant in the database? What can you conclude from this observation?
What measure of central tendency is more appropriate to describe “Sales/SqFt”? Why?
Overview
In this assignment, you will begin conducting and sharing research with your peers about enterprise-wide data governance and data quality. During the discussion, you should demonstrate your evolving knowledge of data governance. For example, how does an organization assure a shared understanding of governance? What are the benefits to governance? Think broadly about all the stakeholders in healthcare and the role they may play in setting up governance.
For this discussion, you must:
Support your research with APA-style citations and references and establish the connections to your research topic.
Post your initial response before you can view your peers’ responses.
Active participation in the discussion is the key to full completion of this assignment. (Do not wait until the last minute to participate in the discussion or it will be of no benefit to you – and you will not receive full credit for it.)
Tasks
Contribute your initial response to the discussion by the indicated due date. For the initial response:
Outline governance and describe its importance.
Outline the role(s) of stakeholders related to quality and data governance.
Describe the consequences when governance is missing, or is not followed.
How important is data quality? Discuss the importance of source of truth.
When someone asks for data, what are they really asking for?
What are the benefits of good data to various stakeholders?
Contribute your peer responses no later than Sunday of this module. For the peer responses, consider the following general guidelines as you respond to your peers’ (at least two) commentaries:
Pose a clarifying question (e.g., What did you mean by…, Why did you say…, What criteria did you use…, What was your intention…, What is the connection…, What were your assumptions…?).
Provide an additional insight and/or offer respectful criticism.
Provide an application or practical example (e.g., I have seen an example of this…, the result of this could be…).
Background
Brimore Engineering (BE) is a small engineering company located in the North East of
England. It is a private limited company which has been owned by the Brimore family since
1987. The current Board of Directors has five directors. Three of these directors are sons of the original founder of the company, Bob Brimore. Although Bob is no longer on the Board and takes no active role in the management of BE, he still retains 30% of the ordinary shares in the business. His three sons each have a 15% shareholding, with the remaining 25% owned by two non-family directors who invested £1 million in the business in 2014 when the business had suffered its third consecutive year of making a loss. The capital provided by these two investors was used to invest in the latest production technology which reduced the size of the workforce by 20% and, by 2014, BE was once again a profitable business.
However, although the company has remained profitable since 2016 there is some concern
among the current directors about financial performance of Brimore in more recent years.
Task
Prepare a report for Brimore’s Board of Directors which:
Analyses the financial data provided in Table 1 and evaluates its usefulness to the Directors of Brimore Ltd.
Describes how Brimore could undertake an analysis of its product portfolio.
Evaluates the methods of promotion Brimore’s senior management could use to increase sales of its products to the car industry.
Coursework Guidance
You should present your work using an appropriate business report format. It is
recommended that you write between 1,250 – 1,500 words excluding bibliography and
appendices.
You will be assessed for this coursework task using the NCUK Assessment Criteria. You
must provide evidence of the following skills:
Knowledge and understanding
Application
Analysis
Evaluation
Study skills – report format, clear and accurate referencing, using reliable sources.
A comprehensive bibliography
Please check the attachment
and the essay should use a business report format and all references should be acknowledged using the Harvard referencing system.