Throughout this course, you will work together as a team to complete a project using the AMPS model. Your team has taken on the role of the analyst hired to provide recommendations to a local real estate agency, Omaha Advisers. Omaha Advisers sent the attached mailer Download mailerto their mailing list, including clients and prospective clients. They received feedback from a few recipients that the CMA Summary Report was overwhelming and hard to read. Omaha Advisors has contracted you to design a new mailer that communicates in a simpler format. Omaha Advisers has provided a CMA report Download CMA reportand Data Dictionary Download Data Dictionary. The project culminates in Module $10$ when the mailer will be presented as part of your group presentation.

Rather than completing all of the project during Module $10,$ you will be working on it throughout the quarter through Group Discussions in Modules $4,6,$ and $8.$ While you will not be able to complete this project based solely on these discussions, this is a great place to begin communicating and building your team dynamic. You may use other means of communication $($e$.$g$.$ Zoom, Google Hangout, Facetime, in person, or email$).$ However, you must participate in these discussions to capture and document your work on this phase of the project.

In Module $4,$ you will introduce yourself to your team and review the requirements of the group project.

In Module $6,$ you will reflect on the real estate industry and the purpose of direct mailers.

In Module $8,$ you will identify the specific questions you are asking and brainstorm how the data from the CMA Report Omaha Advisers provided can be utilized to address those questions.

In Module $10,$ you will perform your analysis and prepare a mailer to share the story. Additionally, you will present your findings in a virtual presentation.

Throughout the course, you will need to communicate with your teammates in order to develop an understanding of each other$$s skillsets, plan and organize the work for the project, and communicate your progress to the group. Everyone needs to contribute and communicate.$$In Module $10,$ the group will complete a $$check$-$in$$ activity in the discussion forum to assess the group$$s effectiveness and discuss strengths and areas for improvement. Then, each team member will complete a peer evaluation that will be utilized by your instructor when assigning grades for the project.

Ask the Questions & Master the Data:

This week brainstorm ideas for the specific questions you want to ask and how the CMA Report can be utilized to address those questions.

Ask the Questions: Specifically, what questions are you trying to answer as part of your solution to the problem Omaha Advisors has consulted you about? How will you use Data Analytics to address these issues?

Master the Data: The CMA Report provides a data set for you. You will need to prepare the data $($clean it as needed to prepare for analysis, ensuring the necessary columns are usable for analysis$).$ How does the data need to be transformed to be utilized to address the questions posed? Is additional data necessary? $($You may determine that the CMA Report does provide sufficient data.$)$