Foundational Data Analysis Kickstarter, the crowdfunding platform, is thinking about providing a consulting service to project founders to help its customers create more successful crowdfunding campaigns. Youve been asked to do some initial analysis. In order to complete this assignment, please follow the link and download the following Kickstarter dataset: http://bit.ly/2cgMGDm. Use the dataset to complete this task. We are tools agnostics, you can use any tools youd like: Excel, Python, SQL, Tableau, Google spreadsheets, etc. We recommend using whatever tool you know best, we're here to find out how you think about solving data problems, not which tool you can do it in. What is the mean (total) pledge that projects get? (not per backer)

* Your answer may vary by +/- 5%

a,$2,245

b, $6,750

c,$10,981

d, $4,980

Create a histogram that shows the distribution for number of backers. What is the skew of the distribution? * Is the duration variable normally distributed? * Yes No If you could collect data on another attribute of these projects, what would it be and why?

* Part 2: Qualitative Analysis Create a presentation using Google Slides (max. 5 slides) using the data above (and additional data from those tables) that make clear recommendations on how people can create a successful Kickstarter campaign. Be sure to consider the following: - What's the best length of time to run a campaign? - What's the ideal pledge goal? - What type of projects would be most successful at getting funded? - Is there an ideal month/day/time to launch a campaign?