AQ$1.$ Use what you know about financial statement analysis $($or search the web if you need a refresher$)$ to generate three different metrics for evaluating financial performance. For example, if you wanted to evaluate a company$$s profit margin from one year to the next your question might be$,$Has Apple Inc$$s gross margin increased in the last $3$ years?$$

AQ$2.$ Next to each question generate a hypothetical answer to the question to help you identify what your expected output would be$.$ You may use some insight or intuition or search for industry averages to inform your hypothesis. For example: $$Hypothesis: Apple Inc$$s gross margin has increased slightly in the past $3$ years.$$

AQ$3.$ Evaluate each question from Part $1.$ There are specific data attributes that will help you find the answer you$$re looking for. For example, if your question was $$Has $[$Company X$$s$]$ gross margin increased in the last $3$ years?$$ and the expected answer is $$Apple Inc$$s gross margin has increased slightly in the past $3$ years,$$ this tells you what attributes $($or fields$)$ to look for: company name, gross margin $($sales revenues $$ cost of goods sold$),$ year.