Unit 6 Business Decision Making

Assessment Activity Front Sheet

This front sheet must be completed by the learner (where appropriate) and included with the work submitted for assessment. Learner Name Assessor Name: Karen Osadiaye

Date Issued Hand in Date Submitted on 03.03.15 Qualification Level 5 Edexcel BTEC Higher National in Business (QCF) Unit 6 Business Decision Making – 15 credits Assignment 1 will give learners the opportunity to achieve: Learning Outcome 1 – be able to use a variety of sources for the collection of data, both primary and secondary Learning Outcome 2 – understand a range of techniques to analyse data effectively for business purposes Learning Outcome 3 – be able to produce information in appropriate formats for decision making in an organisational context Learning Outcome 4 – be able to use software-generated information to make decisions in an organisation

Criteria reference 1

To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: a) create a plan for the collection of primary and secondary data for a given business problem b) present the survey methodology and sampling frame used c) design a questionnaire for a given business problem a) create information for decision making by summarising data using representative values b) analyse the results to draw valid conclusions in a business context c) analyse data using measures of dispersion to inform a given business scenario d) explain how quartiles, percentiles and the correlation coefficient are used to draw useful conclusions in a

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Unit 6 Business Decision Making business context produce graphs using spreadsheets and draw valid conclusions based on the information derived create trend lines in spreadsheet graphs to assist in forecasting for specified business information prepare a business presentation using suitable