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Case Profile Assignment

Objective

Explore the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in North America through a fictional case study. This assignment encourages critical analysis of how race, gender, and class intersect within the criminal justice system while examining the systemic neglect of Indigenous women and communities.

Assignment Guidelines:

Instructions: Using the text, lectures, and journal articles, answer the questions form the context of race, class, and gender in the CJ system.

Fictional Case Profile:

Ø  Victim Background: Leanne Greyhawk, a 24-year-old Indigenous woman from the Little Bear Reservation in the Midwest, worked as a teacher’s aide and was a prominent advocate for Native language revitalization.

Ø  Incident Description: Leanne went missing after attending a gathering in a nearby town. Her car was found abandoned three days later on a rural road. Local law enforcement initially dismissed her disappearance as a “runaway case.” Two months later, her remains were discovered in a forested area, but no significant progress was made in identifying suspects.

Ø  Response from Authorities: Despite repeated inquiries from Leanne’s family, law enforcement conducted minimal investigations. Evidence was mishandled, and officers failed to follow up on leads.

Ø  Community and Public Response: The Little Bear community organized search efforts and vigils. Advocacy groups amplified Leanne’s case as part of the larger MMIW movement, demanding accountability from law enforcement and systemic reform.

Instructions:

Upload a 1-2 page document answering the questions below. Be sure to use sources to

reflect your answers.

Intro Questions:

1. Why are MMIW cases often overlooked or mishandled by the justice system, and what

systemic barriers contribute to this neglect?

2. How does the intersection of race, gender, and class in MMIW cases reveal broader

patterns of discrimination in society?

3. What role do community-led efforts and movements like MMIW play in addressing

systemic injustices?

Analysis Questions:

4. How does the fictional case reflect the systemic marginalization of Indigenous women?

5. In what ways do race, gender, and class intersect in the experiences of MMIW and their

families?

6. What reforms or policy changes are needed to address the MMIW crisis, and how can

Indigenous voices lead these efforts?

Provide 2-3 Questions that you are left to consider:

 

 

 

 

 

Rubric for Evaluation:

• Case Profile (25%): Creativity, detail, and relevance to the themes of the course.

• Analysis Questions (25%): Depth of understanding, application of course concepts, and

use of evidence.

• Discussion Questions (15%): Thoughtfulness and relevance to class themes.

• Mechanics (10%): Grammar, organization, and adherence to guidelines.

You are the CEO of a large-sized manufacturing and marketing company with employees in “red” states, “blue” states and “purple” states. You are hearing more heated discussions in the employee lunchrooms and zoom sessions around climate, abortion, voting rights, and gun control. Some employees have asked to be transferred to other divisions where the conflict is not so heated or where others have the same value system as theirs.

 As the CEO, are you concerned about these conflicts? Why?

Do you think they will have an impact on organizational climate and productivity?

Do you think you need to do something as the CEO to provide leadership for more civil discussions of these issues?

Do you think you should make public statements in support or against any of the controversial issues where you have employees representing marginalized groups (LGBT, immigrants, religious differences, etc.)? If so, what would you say?

Please submit a 3 to 5 pages case analysis in which you respond to the following questions. APA style margins and spacing with a header and references to the drop box (Cover page and reference pages are not counted as pages).

McEntyre Capital Investment Report

[WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 6]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapter 14 in your course textbook,  Survey of Accounting .

McEntyre Company has $80,000 in capital funds available for investment. The capital investment committee at McEntyre Company is currently considering two capital investment projects.

The estimated income from operations and net cash flows expected from each project are as follows:

Project A	Project B
Year	Income from Operations	Net Cash Flow	Income from Operations	Net Cash Flow
1	$ 8,000	$24,000	$ 14,000	$ 30,000
2	9,000	25,000	10,000	26,000
3	11,000	27,000	8,000	24,000
4	8,000	24,000	7,000	23,000
5	8,000	24,000	3,000	19,000
	$44,000	$124,000	$42,000	$122,000

Each project requires an investment of $80,000. Straight-line depreciation will be used, and no residual value is expected. The committee has selected a rate of 20% as the minimum average rate of return for capital investments.

Analyze the projects and prepare a report for the capital investment committee, advising it of the relative merits of each project.

In your paper,

· Explain the purpose of the report and describe the nature and importance of capital investment analysis.

· Analyze each long-term capital investment project based on the average rate of return.

· Compute the average rate of return for each project and show your work.

· Determine whether each project meets the minimum average rate of return required by the committee.

· Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the average rate of return method.

· Rank the projects based on average rate of return.

· Analyze each project based on cash payback period.

· Determine the cash payback period for each project. Assume that net cash flows for both projects are uniform throughout the year.

· Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the cash payback method.

· Rank the projects based on the cash payback period.

· Discuss at least three factors that could potentially complicate your capital investment analysis.

· Summarize your analysis and make a recommendation to the capital investment committee regarding which project the committee should fund.

The McEntyre Capital Investment Report final paper

· must be 3 to 4 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to  APA Style Links to an external site.  as outlined in the Writing Center’s  APA Formatting for Microsoft Word Links to an external site.  resource.

· must include a separate title page with the following in title case:

· title of final paper in bold font

· Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

· student’s name

· name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)

· course name and number

· instructor’s name

· due date

· must utilize academic voice. Review the  Academic Voice Links to an external site.  resource for additional guidance.

· must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. 

· Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

· For assistance on writing  Introductions & Conclusions Links to an external site.  and  Writing a Thesis Statement Links to an external site. , refer to the Writing Center resources.

· must use APA level headings, found on the Writing Center’s  APA Style Elements Links to an external site.  page, for each one of the topics discussed in the research paper as shown:

· Introduction Level 1 

· Average Rate of Return Analysis Level 1

· Cash Payback Period Analysis Level 1

· Potential Complicating Factors Analysis Level 1

· Summary and Recommendation Level 1

· must use at least four scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

· The  Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources Links to an external site.  table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.

· To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this  Quick and Easy Library Research Links to an external site.  tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

· To assist you in completing the research for this assignment, review  Company Research in the UAGC Library Links to an external site.  tip sheet and  How to Use Library OneSearch Links to an external site.  video.

· must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s  APA: Citing Within Your Paper Links to an external site.  guide.

· must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. Review the  APA: Formatting Your References List Links to an external site.  resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Taxpayer Facts
Richard and Natalie Burns are a married couple in their early thirties. They do not have any children yet. They live in a rented condominium in Overland Park, Kansas. Natalie works as a nurse at St. Luke’s South Hospital and Richard is a 30% partner in a small
engineering firm that is operated as a general partnership. They have come to your office with the following information to have their 2023 individual federal income tax completed. They provide you with the following information:
1. Copies of the following documents (available on K-State Canvas as a PDF titled, “Supporting Documents”): – K-1 from Richard’s partnership (no payments were made requiring the filing of a Form 1099, there are no prior year losses or non-at risk amounts, Richard materially participates in the partnership, and all income is considered non-passive income)
– W-2 from Natalie’s job at St. Luke’s South Hospital
– 1099-Int from First Bank
– 1099-Int from Local Credit Union
– 1099-Div from ABC Mutual Fund
2. Natalie and Richard sold their 2016 Honda Accord in 2023 for $12,000. They had purchased it for $20,000. Natalie had used it exclusively for personal driving.
3. Natalie received a gift of $40,000 from her parents late in 2023.
4. Richard’s grandfather passed away in September of 2023. Richard received
$100,000 as the beneficiary on the life insurance policy.
5. In April 2023, Natalie started a part-time business from home doing consulting work
for physicians’ office practices (business identification code 621399). Natalie materially participants in the business and is not eligible for a home office deduction.
During the year, she collected $25,000 in consulting fees and incurred the following expenses, none of which would require Natalie to file a Form 1099 (Natalie uses the cash method of accounting):
• Spent $2,500 advertising in the local medical journal.
• Spent $1,500 on office supplies (not part of cost of goods sold).
• Spent $750 on utilities.
• Spent $800 on an occupational license.
• Spent $1,900 on liability insurance.
6. Natalie and Richard made timely estimated tax payments of $23,000 during the year.
7. During the year, the Burns sold the following capital assets (assume that in all cases, the basis was reported to the IRS):
Asset Acquired Sold Selling price Adjusted Basis
A stock 6-02-16 10-13-23 4,200 3,500
B stock 8-6-07 3-12-23 6,000 8,000
C stock 2-10-23 11-14-23 6,000 20,000
D Stock 6-16-19 12-7-23 5,000 4,500
E Stock 7-11-23 10-10-23 5,000 4,000
Boat 10-2-15 4-25-23 4,000 10,500
Note1: The B stock was sold to Natalie’s brother.
Note2: The boat was used for personal recreation.
Required
Prepare the Burns’ 2023 federal tax return. They have asked you to minimize their tax liability to the extent legally possible. Round numbers to the nearest dollar. Clearly state any assumptions make in completing the tax return. Include any supporting schedules. The following 2023 tax forms are required:
• Form 1040: U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, pages 1 and 2
• Form 1040: Schedule 1, 2, 3
• Form 8949: Sales and Disposition of Capital Assets
• Schedule C: Profit and Loss from Business
• Schedule D: Capital Gains and Losses
• Schedule SE: Self-Employment Taxes (use the short form)
• Computation of tax liability (i.e., the Tax Computation Worksheet and the
Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Worksheet)
• Instructions for Form 1040:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf
• Form 1040: U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, pages 1 and 2
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf
• Form 1040, Schedule 1
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040s1.pdf
• Form 1040, Schedule 2
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040s2.pdf
• Form 8949: Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8949.pdf
• Schedule C: Profit and Loss from Business
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sc.pdf
• Schedule D: Capital Gains and Losses
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sd.pdf
• Schedule SE: Self-Employment Taxes (you will need 2 forms for this one)
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sse.pdf
• Computation of tax liability (i.e., the Qualified Dividend and Capital Gain Tax
Worksheet; not normally not filed as part of a tax return, but turn it in for this
project to show your work)
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf (pages 37 and 77 of the
instructions)
• Also include a letter to the Burns explaining to them any carryforward items (both the character and the amount) they might have and how much refund or additional tax they have to pay with their return. You can download the necessary forms, instructions, and tax tables from the IRS website (www.irs.gov); the links to the tax forms are also included above. Make sure you obtain the 2023 tax return forms. You may NOT prepare the tax return using Commercial Tax Software (e.g., TurboTax).
Hints
1) The best way to approach the project may be to complete it in the following order
• Profit and loss from the business (Schedule C),
• Self-employment tax (Schedule SE) – one form for Natalie and one form
for Richard (two forms total)
• Sales and other dispositions of capital assets (Form 8949). Check box “A” for both short-term gains/losses (basis reported to the IRS) and box “D” for long-term gains/losses (basis reported to the IRS); leave columns “f” and “g” blank.
• Capital gains & losses (Schedule D). Be sure to check if there are any capital gain distributions to report.
• Carry over the information from Schedules C, D, and SE to Form 1040, along with any other information that needs to be reported on Form 1040.
Fill out Schedules 1 and 2 for Form 1040 and transfer information to the Form 1040.
• Finally, write a letter to the Burns.
2) Neither Richard nor Natalie elects to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign. They also do NOT have any 2023 digital assets.
3) Use the Tax Computation Worksheet and the qualified dividend and capital gain worksheet to figure the tax on line 12a of Form 1040 (and turn in with the project).
These links are available at: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040gi.pdf (pages 37 and 77 of the instructions)
4) Assume that the Burns do NOT have to pay the AMT.
5) The dividends are BOTH ordinary and qualified (i.e., put in both places).
6) For the Qualified Business Income Deduction on Line 10 of the Form 1040, enter 20% of the bottom-line amount from Schedule C (Line 31 on Schedule C)
PLUS 20% of the bottom-line amount from Richard’s total partnership income (Schedule 1, Line 5) as the amount of your deduction.
7) Enter Richard’s partnership income (ordinary business income + guaranteed payment) on Schedule 1, Line 5. For this project, you do NOT need to include Schedule E (which is normally required for partnership income).
8) You are NOT required for this project to fill out Schedule B for the taxable interest.
9) When you assemble the forms to upload into Canvas, include only the tax forms and the supporting schedules (do NOT include any of the information reports such as W-2, 1099s, etc.).
10) Round all numbers to the nearest dollar and leave the “cents” column blank. Any lines on the return that are not relevant should be left blank (thus, do not put zeros on every line that does not apply to the taxpayer). Be sure that you include totals on each of the lines with “bullets” in front of them, and make sure that you check any boxes requiring a yes/no answer. Also be sure to fill out the required information at the top of all of the schedules.
11) Do NOT sign or date the return for the client.
12) Be sure to fill in your client’s name and SSN on the top of every form.
13) CHECK FIGURES:
a. The amount on Line 31 of Schedule C is between $10,000 and $20,000.
b. The refund or amount owed on the Form 1040 is under $1,000.

Scenario
You have recently been hired as the IT Manager for Wrexham Food & Home, a retail chain headquartered in Wrexham and having branch offices in Cardiff and Swansea. The Wrexham headquarters manages all finance, HR, marketing and sales. The Cardiff office manages customer service and customer support while the Swansea offices handles procurement and supply chain. Wrexham Food & Home operate nearly 100 retail stores across Wales. The company employs nearly 1000 employees across its three offices and retail stores. The company’s suppliers are from across the UK. Currently, the company operates its own IT infrastructure in its Swansea office. Most of the IT team are based in Swansea.
The business has recently developed a three-year expansion plans to increase the number of stores and to also start an e-commerce service. The company also wants to build a new analytics function for customer data and plans to launch a loyalty scheme. Alongside, the business will also procure a new CRM system, which will house all customer data. All three of these initiatives are expected to be operational in the next two years.
The company has realised that it needs to build a new website with a customer portal, where customers can buy products and schedule their deliveries. The portal will also enable customers to keep track of their loyalty points and vouchers, and also manage their account. The on-premise IT systems include Exchange servers of e-mail, a supply chain management system and an inventory management system. The supply chain management system is supported by an external supplier whereas the inventory management system was built by the business nearly 20 years ago. The business has implemented some sensors and IoT devices in its warehouses to monitor temperature and humidity but all responses are conducted manually with human intervention.
The senior management of Wrexham Food & Home feel that their current IT infrastructure is constrained and cannot deliver the planned expansion. They would like to understand what the scope is for migrating to the cloud and have tasked you with considering an options evaluation for building the IT infrastructure to support the expansion.
Your overall task is to prepare a cloud migration report. This should enable the business to launch its loyalty scheme, gather relevant customer and purchases data to perform analytics. It should also enable launching the e-commerce operations.
You will be developing the plan in two parts.

Assignment 2 Task
Having conducted the options evaluation and established whether Wrexham Food & Home will adopt cloud services and if so, what cloud services, your task for assignment 2 is to prepare a report covering the following:
• A cloud migration plan listing the steps and sequence with which the migration will be conducted.
• Potential challenges that the company could encounter in the migration.
• Security risks and a brief plan to mitigate the risks.
• Cloud disaster recovery and business continuity plan including justified back up considerations.
• Recommended architecture for future application development leveraging cloud platforms.
• Recommendations about how the business could adopt and leverage IoT

Please make sure that you correctly cite and reference all secondary sources you use, and include a reference list. The reference list will not be included in your final word count.

Scenario
You have recently been hired as the IT Manager for Wrexham Food & Home, a retail chain headquartered in Wrexham and having branch offices in Cardiff and Swansea. The Wrexham headquarters manages all finance, HR, marketing and sales. The Cardiff office manages customer service and customer support while the Swansea offices handles procurement and supply chain. Wrexham Food & Home operate nearly 100 retail stores across Wales. The company employs nearly 1000 employees across its three offices and retail stores. The company’s suppliers are from across the UK. Currently, the company operates its own IT infrastructure in its Swansea office. Most of the IT team are based in Swansea.
The business has recently developed a three-year expansion plans to increase the number of stores and to also start an e-commerce service. The company also wants to build a new analytics function for customer data and plans to launch a loyalty scheme. Alongside, the business will also procure a new CRM system, which will house all customer data. All three of these initiatives are expected to be operational in the next two years.
The company has realised that it needs to build a new website with a customer portal, where customers can buy products and schedule their deliveries. The portal will also enable customers to keep track of their loyalty points and vouchers, and also manage their account. The on-premise IT systems include Exchange servers of e-mail, a supply chain management system and an inventory management system. The supply chain management system is supported by an external supplier whereas the inventory management system was built by the business nearly 20 years ago. The business has implemented some sensors and IoT devices in its warehouses to monitor temperature and humidity but all responses are conducted manually with human intervention.
The senior management of Wrexham Food & Home feel that their current IT infrastructure is constrained and cannot deliver the planned expansion. They would like to understand what the scope is for migrating to the cloud and have tasked you with considering an options evaluation for building the IT infrastructure to support the expansion.
Your overall task is to prepare a cloud migration report. This should enable the business to launch its loyalty scheme, gather relevant customer and purchases data to perform analytics. It should also enable launching the e-commerce operations.
You will be developing the plan in two parts.

Assignment 2 Task
Having conducted the options evaluation and established whether Wrexham Food & Home will adopt cloud services and if so, what cloud services, your task for assignment 2 is to prepare a report covering the following:
• A cloud migration plan listing the steps and sequence with which the migration will be conducted.
• Potential challenges that the company could encounter in the migration.
• Security risks and a brief plan to mitigate the risks.
• Cloud disaster recovery and business continuity plan including justified back up considerations.
• Recommended architecture for future application development leveraging cloud platforms.
• Recommendations about how the business could adopt and leverage IoT

Please make sure that you correctly cite and reference all secondary sources you use, and include a reference list. The reference list will not be included in your final word count.

Describe the different characteristics of the four agonists and how each mediates distinct biological activities. Include proposed mechanisms and the receptor it is targeting. • Identify how the P450 enzyme system plays a role in the body’s absorption, distribution, and clearance of medication. (first pass) • Scavenge the literature after describing each agonist on the spectrum for research that is based on the medications in the table below. • Apply the medications to the appropriate agonist on the agonist spectrum in your Concept Map.

This 5 – 6-page essay with an additional policy fact sheet and a
letter to your legislator will allow you the opportunity to solidity
your definition of policy practice, how it relates to social work,
and the importance of social work policy practice. As you
identify areas of your own passion regarding social issues, you
will be able to connect your values and the ideas of social justice
to your issue and a particular social policy. Through this activity,
you will be utilizing some rescarch on a topic of your choice and
integrating your thoughts on the policy you identify.
INSTRUCTIONS
After reading your material for this module, discuss what you
learned about policy practice and social work from 1) the 3 Ps
from the Pawar article, 2) information from the course video,
and 3) the Sherr and Jones textbook. Include one additional
scholarly source. This section is to be at least one page of the
paper.
Then, pick a social issue that interests you, find a related
proposed policy, and write about your findings. A link to
Congress.gov will be provided under the Policy Practice Essay
Resources section located on the Policy Practice Essay
Assignment page to assist you in finding a relevant policy
related to your issue. Summarize the policy and its relevance to
human rights, social, economic, and/or environmental justice.
Find at least two additional sources where the policy is
addressed and discuss the perspective offered regarding the
policy. Identity where it is in the approval process. Discuss how
this policy does/does not fit into your values and whether you
believe it advances social justice. Discuss what the Bible says
about your topic; if you choose, you may include your faith
perspective. This section is to be 4-5 pages of the paper.
Next, create a visually attractive fact sheet in bullet form that
provides the policy’s key points. Lastly, write a letter to one of
your legislators advocating for or against the policy explaining
the reason behind your position.
o A title page and the reference page are required, in
addition
• The letter is additional as well and is to be one page.
• Find your legislators at the link provided in the
Policy Practice Essay Resources.
• The fact sheet is to be one page and is additional
• Format of the assignment is to be in the current APA format

Assignment Week 4: Literature Review on a Theory

Instructions

Writing a Literature Review

Most research projects include a literature review to determine what knowledge exists on the subject under study and to develop the theoretical framework that will be used in the study. The literature review sets the context for the entire research project by explaining what others have found in researching the same or similar specific research questions. Literature reviews are also done to help summarize the current state of knowledge on a topic and the current knowledge gaps up to this point. In this format, they are often published as a pure literature review within peer-reviewed journals. One example can be found here specific to the literature  Distance Learning; here is another example that will help break it out for you: Critical Thinking Lit Review. Students often have a hard time writing literature reviews because it seems like a foreign way to organize information, however, in a way you can equate the way that an essay is written to that of a literature review. In an essay, one will bring in numerous references within each paragraph, the same would be the case for a literature review in that literature reviews are organized thematically. NCSU has a fantastic video (https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/litreview/) that helps explain what a literature review is and how they are written at the graduate and professional levels, I recommend taking a look as it will help give you some additional perspective on how these are written. For some additional information on how to organize your theoretical framework into your paper, check out this USC Library guide on Theoretical Frameworks.

A literature review begins with an introductory paragraph in which the writer frames the research topic and its significance, or the puzzle or topic area that the researcher is addressing. To do that, the writer will summarize the major relevant arguments on the research subject, highlighting the main issues and how schools of thought might differ. If there are key terms to be defined, the writer would also do that here if the literature review is part of a larger research paper.

The body of the literature review tells readers what others have found in their studies about your specific research question or topic under investigation (the extent of existing knowledge on your specific research question/current state of the research on a particular topic), critiques what is right or wrong with these other studies, and discusses how the body of knowledge needs to be moved forward (and/or how the work is distinguishable from the research study you are proposing). Your review should organize material by theme or method or what makes sense for the project.

The conclusion should summarize the primary “sense of the literature”, encapsulating for the reader where the existing literature ends and if carrying out a study, where your research will start.

Assignment Instructions:

This assignment serves as a building block for your final thesis proposal. For this literature review, you need to select a substantive theory, either something that we discussed in the lesson, or something outside of the course, and focus your literature review around that theory. Your theory selection should make sense with the research question you intend to assess within your final research proposal. Since this is a literature review focused on a particular topic (i.e. the substantive theory) you will need to discuss the current state of the literature specific to that theory (for example, deterrence theory, social identity theory, etc). You’ll want to start with a discussion on the early conceptualizations of the theory and how it has developed over time. Your conclusion should include a discussion of where the research on that theory needs to go next. What are some questions that remain? What new ways should it be applied?

Format: Standard academic format will suffice: 1-inch borders on all four sides, double-spaced, with times new roman 12-point font. As with all academic assignments (unless otherwise specified) you must include a references section and list your references.

This literature review should include a critical review of at least 9-10 scholarly/peer-reviewed articles.

Since multiple writing styles are in use within this course, on your title page, please note which style you are using within your assignment. This will help me cater my comments to the style you are using. The style you use needs to be the one that is used within your program of study.

Total pages: 5 complete pages in length not including title page or references.

I have also attached a synthesis matrix that should help you organize your notes as you go, as well as the grading rubric for this assignment.

Use the filename (no spaces): yourlastnameW4.doc to upload this file to the HW4 assignment.

Note: As mentioned above this assignment is a building block for your final assignment. In your research proposal in addition to synthesizing the literature on a theory, you will also need to synthesize the literature surrounding the topic you are looking to explore as well. This will serve as a preliminary literature review that helps to demonstrate the importance of the topic and show that it has not yet been addressed within the literature.

LAB 4 Data Visualization Analytics→Introduction to Tableau

OBJECTIVES

This lab assignment shows you to how to connect with excel file using Tableau and introduces you to some of the tasks and benefits of analyzing real data on a dashboard for NC Retail Order Data.

INSTRUCTIONS

Download the Excel workbook called “VandelaySales2015.xlsx”.

• Install Tableau as we showed you on the class as free trial.
• Review the data and come with your own ANY FOUR business questions and create different visualizations to answer them. For each question, create a Tableau sheet that includes
  1. The question,
  2. The answer, and
  3. Your visualization that supports your answer.

 

• Try to find the best (concise, clear) visualization for each question (use Show Me to help). There is no single, right or wrong answer. Write your question and answer on each sheet using text tool on the Dashboard or any annotations in worksheets.

 

• Creating for each visualization on a separate Tableau sheet and renaming your sheet with a short key description related to your findings, for examples, Sales2015, Region7Sales, WalmartProducts, etc.

 

• Each chart needs to be different visualization type and for a different question. For example, you cannot use Pie Chart twice for two different questions, etc.

 

RUBRIC:

1. FOUR different charts with different business analytics question and answer are worth 25 points.
2. -1 point if missing sheet name.
3. -15 points if same question used twice.
4. -15 points if same chart type used twice.
5. -10 points if the chart, question, and answer is not clear.
6. -5 points for each chart if formatting is not complete, for example to $ for sales numbers, etc.

SUBMISSION

Take snapshot for each graph from Tableau and past it into your word document then same as PDF.

Name your file “YouName_LAB4.pdf” and turn it in to Canvas.

 

Thank you.

Majed

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