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DAT 565 Wk 4 – Applying Analysis to a Business Issue or Opportunity
The purpose of this assignment is to have students synthesize the data analysis concepts they have learned so far in the course. Students will apply SAS® for data analysis and analytics to discover trends that can be applied to business issues and influence business decisions.
Resources: SAS® Visual Analytics software
Using the database and organization from your Week 2 assignment, describe the business problem that you are trying to solve and identify how data trends can be applied to the problem. You will create a business report in which you present the conclusions of your analysis and describe both the data and the steps that you took to reach these conclusions.
Prepare a business analysis report using a maximum of 1,050 words, and complete the following:
- Define the business problem that you are trying to resolve.
- Identify the data source that you are analyzing.
- Explain how the data was collected (if known).
- Describe the fields available in the data source.
- Assess the preliminary results of your data analysis.
- Apply your analysis of the data to the business problem.
- Recommend potential solutions to the problem.
- Select a proposed course of action to resolve the business problem based upon your analysis of the data.
Create a table, bar chart, or histogram from your SAS® Visual Analytics analysis.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.