MIS $3210$ Activity #$2$ Worksheet $($Alex Shoes$)$

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Submitted by: Sarah Johnson

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Assignment:

$$ In this assignment, you will touch upon the first $2$ components of B$-$A$-$D$-$I$-$R$.$

$$ READ THE ACTIVITY#$2-$BADIR$-$SCENARIO provided to you in the Modules section of Canvas.

$$ You are to complete this Project Analysis Worksheet as part of your consulting work to help Alex begin the process of making decisions on how to improve sales in his shoe store.

$$ In this worksheet you are establishing the basic research questions, positing related hypotheses to test, suggesting possible sources of data and methodology to analyze to help test the hypotheses and possibly answer the question. Be thoughtful and thorough in your responses.

$$ Start with explaining the purpose of this data analytics project in the space provided.

$$ In the table, use the two provided examples as a starting point. Then provide five $(5)$ additional question$/$hypothesis$/$data line$-$items. Note that hypothesis statement should be answerable by True $/$ False or Yes$/$ No; so that you can use data to prove or disprove the hypothesis.

$$ Select from the $7$ possible methodologies covered in class to identify your next steps using the data you will collect.

$$ When you are done with your examples, post your completed worksheet to the Activity #$2$ Assignment Folder in Canvas as an MS Word document.

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Some sample examples of data sources but be creative and think of other data sources that would be useful:

$$ Internal sales data

$$ Industry Reports on consumer trends & brand preferences

$$ Supplier data $($such as a Nike or Adidas sales report$)$

$$ Consumer sales data purchased from third party database marketers $($such as Google$)$

$$ Customer surveys

$$ Competitors$$ published reports $($Large chain stores$$ annual reports$)$

$$ Government data $($such as Consumer Spending reports$)$