...Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 2 Data Collection QNT/351 Quantitative Analysis for Business February 25, 2013 University of Phoenix When explain the central tendency and how it relates to this survey. The measures of central tendency are the set of measurements–that is, the tendency of the data to cluster, or center, about certain numerical values. Also central tendency contains three different parts. When calculating the central tendency, you have to calculate the mean, which is the most common measure of central tendency, acts as a balance point, and is affected by extreme values (outliers). The mean is calculated by taking raw data (a group of numbers), adding them up for a total, and then dividing that total by amount of numbers within the group ( ex: raw data: 3,4,5. 3+4+5=12, then 12/3= 4. The mean equals four). The median, which is the middle value in ordered sequence (If this value is odd, middle value of sequence If this value is even, average of 2 middle values), is not affected by extreme values, position of median in sequence, and the positioning point = n+1/2. The median is calculated by taking the raw data and putting it in ascending order, with the middle number being the mean (odd ex: raw data: 1,5,3,2,4,= ordered: 1,2,3,4,5= position point= 3 median= 3) (even ex: raw data: 6,3,1,4,2,5, Ordered: 1,2,3,4,5,6, position point= 3.5 median= 3.5). And finally, calculate the mode, which is...
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...Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 1. Gill Johns QNT/351 Aug. 19, 2014 RANDALL ELKINS Schedule: Aug 08 - Sep 11, 2014 Use either the data one of your Learning Team members retained from RES/351 or the data from University of Phoenix Material: Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 1. Discuss with your team whether you have data from RES/351, and if your team would like to use one team member’s data for the Learning Team assignments in this course. If using data from RES/351: Resources: Data collected from RES/351 Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word written report along with a 5- to 7-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for the senior management team or stakeholders of your RES/351 research project to present your findings. Address the following: • Present the chosen situation as an overview—problem, purpose, research questions, and hypotheses. • Describe the instrument used for data collection. • Identify types of data—quantitative, quantitative, or both—and how the data is collected. • Identify the level of measurement for each of the variables involved in the study. • Code the data if you have not done so. Describe how the data is coded and evaluate the procedure used. • Clean the data by eliminating the data input errors made. • Draw conclusions about appropriateness of the data to meet the purpose of the study. If you decide not to use your own data, you can use the Ballard Integrated...
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...QNT 351 Final Exam Guide (New) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Q1 The Director of Golf for a local course wants to study the number of rounds played by members on weekdays. He gathered the sample information shown below for 520 rounds. At the .05 significance level, is there a difference in the number of rounds played by day of the week? 2. An auditor for American Health Insurance reports that 20% of policyholders submit a claim during the year. 15 policyholders are selected randomly. What is the probability that at least 3 of them submitted a claim the previous year? 3. When a class interval is expressed as 100 up to 200, _________________________. 4. A coffee manufacturer is interested in whether the mean daily consumption of regular-coffee drinkers is less than that of decaffeinated-coffee drinkers. A random sample of 50 regular-coffee drinkers showed a mean of 4.35 cups per day, with a standard deviation of 1.2 cups per day. A sample of 40 decaffeinated coffee drinkers showed a mean of 5.84 cups per day, with a standard deviation of 1.36 cups per day. What is your computed z-statistic? 5. You perform a hypothesis test at the .05 level of significance. Your computed p-value turns out to .042. What is your decision about the hypothesis? 6. In a distribution, the second quartile corresponds with the __________. 7. The MacBurger restaurant chain claims that the waiting time of customers for service is normally distributed, with a mean of 3 minutes...
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...Data Collection: Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. QNT/351 Data Collection: Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. Overview Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. (BIMS) is a company that provides housekeeping and foodservices to large corporations and businesses. BIMS employs a total of 452 employees, including full-time and part-time workers as well as upper management employees. The average turnover rate for BIMS is typically 55 to 60%. During the past four months the turnover rate has increased to over 64%. Despite the efforts to get to the root of the issue causing the high turnover rate, management at BIMS has been unsuccessful. The morale is low at BIMS, and there has been an increase in the use of sick leave. The performance of workers has become inadequate, which has caused a number of complaints from clients. Data Collection Instrument A survey instrument was created in an attempt to allow the workers to express their views about their individual experiences at BIMS. The survey begins by asking questions about the employee’s feelings toward his or her position and the relationship he or she has with his or her boss. The survey also includes demographic questions that identifies the division they are assigned to and how long they have been employed. As the consulting group one can expect to find that the increase in turnover to be directly...
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...Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. Data Collection Christopher Pittman, Melanie Grimmer, Heather Jeffers, and Talikka Fells QNT/351 April 8, 2014 Ronald Ryan Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. Data Collection This is a written report presenting our findings to the senior management. We will address the Present BIMS situation as an overview—design, purpose, research questions, and hypotheses. We also will describe the instrument used for data collection, identify types of data collected—quantitative, qualitative, or both—and how the data is collected, and identify the level of measurement for each of the variables involved in the study. Next, as a team we will Code the data, explain how the data is coded and evaluate the procedure used, and clean the data by eliminating the data input errors made. Lastly, we will draw conclusions about appropriateness of the data to meet the design of the study. BIMS situation as an overview—problem, purpose Barbara Tucker the manager for BIMS. Her employer was concerned about her staff’s morale. She felt that it had been weakening over the past several months. Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. (BIMS), provided food and hospitality services on a contractual basis for all patient and staff needs. As general manager of this site for BIMS, Barbara needs to figure out why. The turnover rate seemed somewhat higher than usual, but no new information was emerging from exit interviews. Her...
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...Summarizing and Presenting – BIMS, Inc. Syed Dilwar QNT/351, June 01, 2015 Question 5: Descriptive Statistics: Your supervisor treated you fairly. Finding Data |Descriptive statistics | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Q5 | | | | | |cumulative | | | lower | |upper |midpoint |width | frequency |percent | frequency |percent | | |1 |< |2 |2 |1 |12 |15.4 |12 |15.4 | | |2 |< |3 |3 |1 |18 |23.1 |30 |38.5 | | |3 |< |4 |4 |1 |15 |19.2 |45 |57.7 | | |4 |< |5 |5 |1 |15 |19.2 |60 |76.9 | | |5 |< |6 |5 |1 |18 |23.1 |78 |100.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |78 |100.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Descriptive Analysis Based on above survey question, the intention of descriptive analysis is to provide a clear understanding by use of graphical and numerical result to visualize unique trends of...
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...Data Collection QNT/351 Data Collection Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc. (BIMS) is a housekeeping and food service support company to businesses. BIMS, Inc. is known to be high above the competitive industry with employees that are part-time as well as full-time. The issue that has arise is the turnover rate has increased over 64% and the reason why has not been determined. The HR manager, Debbie Horner has given Barbara, HRM staff the responsibility to survey the employees to collect data and determine what is the cause of the high turnover in the company. The instrument used for data collection Debbie was chosen to develop a survey for collecting data about the employees of BIMS, Inc. Based on her background; Debbie has used this instrument of collection to ask basic questions regarding conditions with employee’s current positions. The survey collects some demographics to help identify what type of workers are reporting the conditions given, and if the turnover and morale issues have been coming from newer employees or those that are veteran staff. The questions and statements presented are basic to working conditions and include; “You enjoy your assigned shift, You are well trained for your work, How well do you enjoy working for BISM?” (Ballard Integrated Managed Services, Inc., Part 1 Exhibit A) Types of data collected The types of data collected are both quantitative and qualitative data, collected through an employee survey. According...
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...Data Collection QNT/351 July 10, 2014 There are many times when companies have to collect data to come to a conclusion about an issue. The data may be collected from their employers, their competition or their consumers. BIMS saw that there had been an average turnover that was larger then what the company had seen in the past. Human Resources decided that they would conduct a survey to see what had changed in the company from the employee’s point of view. They attached each survey to the pay checks to ensure that each person received one, and waited for the response. Overview of the Situation The issue presented by BIMS employee turnover was a problem because when a company has a high turnover they put more money into the hiring and training process of new employees. The purpose was to understand what had happened in the last four months that had causes the increase in turnovers. The research questions were based on employee satisfaction within their departments. The data collected was going to be used to aide in the hypothesis that the turnover rate had increased because employee’s morals had decreased ("Develop A Research Proposal", 2014). The Types of Data and How They Were Collected The data that was conducted in the BIMS, Inc. was an employee evaluation, which consisted of both quantitative and qualitative statistics. By giving employees self-assessment will help them provide the necessary information...
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...food service, and physical plant maintenance, it also employees both full and part time workers. Recently, within the past four months general manger Barbara Tucker has noticed the turnover rate within her three divisions has reached over 64% annually as compared to the average rate between 55%and 60% (University of Phoenix, 2011, BIMS, Inc. Part I). The company moral at BMIS has reached an all time low and management has not improved its relationship with employee’s .Could this be one of the reason behind the increasing turnover rate? There has also been an increased usage of paid time off (PTO). The purpose of this research analysis is to find a solution to the increasing turnover rate as well as help improve company moral and get divisions at BMIS back on track. Instrument Design The data collection instrument used in this analysis was a survey. A survey can be defined as a tool used to collect information by asking questions recording responses on individual opinions and attitudes. BMIS administered a survey to allow workers to express their views on the company and share some of their experiences working for BMIS. The population consisted of all current employees at BMIS. In the survey the employees were asked to rate working conditions, shift, hours, pay, job security, the quality of training, the relationships with their supervisor and if they were treated fairly. All surveys were anonymous and...
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...Statistics in Business Kathleen S. Power-Davenport QNT/351 May 25, 2015 Lance Milner Statistics in Business Introduction Statistics is "the science of collecting, organizing presenting, analyzing, and interpreting data to assist in making more efficient decisions" (Lind, Marchal & Wathen, 2011). This paper will summarize the types, levels, and the role of statistics in business decision making, followed by examples of statistics in action. Types, Levels, and the Role in Business Decision Making The two categories of statistics are descriptive and inferential. Descriptive statistics is the analysis of data that describes, or summarizes the data in a meaningful way (Laerd Statistics, 2013). Business leaders can organize large amounts of data into a comprehensive format utilizing descriptive statistics. But descriptive statistics do not make conclusions about the data. An inferential statistic is calculated by taking a sample of the data from the population, and drawing a conclusion about the whole based on the small amount (Lind, Marchal & Wathen). Decision makers move forward based on a conclusion drawn from statistical inference. The data gathered for statistics is classified into four levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio (Lind, Marchal & Wathen). Data at the lowest level is nominal and has a qualitative variable divided into categories or outcomes. Ordinal data is qualitative and represented by sets of labels or names...
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...Statistics in Business QNT 351 August, 2012 University of Phoenix What are Statistics? Statistics is the science involved in the application of quantitative principles to the collection, description, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data, as well as the meaning of collected data within the realm of business, and is also commonly used for marketing procedures. Statistics generally deals with the main business elements and the planning process of the data that have been collected through the development of surveys as well as additional tests. Types and Levels of Statistics Even though statistics is general term, there are still two different types of statistics, which includes descriptive statistics that consist of methods for organizing, displaying, and describing data through the use of tables, graphs, and summary measures (Gunning, n.d.). The second type of statistics is inferential statistics, which is a process of describing the population based on the sample results (Gunning, n.d.). Aside from the two main types of statistics that are common, there are also different levels of measurement involved in statistics. There are four levels of measurement, which includes nominal data, ordinal data, interval data, and ratio data. Each level of measurement achieves different results in a survey, and not all researchers will use every level of measurement. Each one of the four levels of measurement serves a different purpose in the study procedure and...
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...Analyzing and Interpreting Data QNT/351 March 25, 2015 Analyzing and Interpreting Data The company Ballard Integrated Managed Services Inc. (BIMS) made a second attempt to find the root problem of the increase in turnover that the company has experienced. The first attempt failed to give a concrete answer do to the low encouraging to employees to complete the survey, also the confusing wording of the survey and for the small percentage of workers that completed the questionnaire. Only a 17.3% of employees completed the previous study. Also, many of the questions were irrelevant to help find the problem. In this new attempt, the study was first tested by five craft workers voluntarily for them to review and give their feedback on the survey. Another change in the second survey is that it was only given to workers that left the company voluntarily. The survey focuses on asking employees about their experience in the business and why the reason of leaving was. In the first survey, it was revealed that the turnover increase was due to low employee morale, a lack of communication between employee and supervisor and low employee performance. The second survey focused on asking if the employee felt well trained in the job assigned, if they felt a fair treatment, if communication was good, what division, how long did they work for the company and the reason for leaving. There were eleven qualitative questions that were to be answered based on a scale from one to five, one being...
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...Statistics in Business Kareem Kelly QNT/351 December 07, 2015 David Lantz Statistics in Business Statistics is a form of science where information learned from the collection of data. The data is involved in the application principle of quantitative interpretation and presentation for business purposes. Statistics are used for wide array of fields including business, education, marketing, economics, health, physics, sports, government, military, and many other fields. There are different types of statistics that are used for different purposes, and this paper will discuss them. Different Types and Levels of Statistics Though statistics is usually used as a general term, there are two forms of statistics, which are descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics is the analysis of data shows, describes, or summarizes data in a way that show a pattern. The second type of statistic is called inferential statistics. Inferential statistics, you are trying to reach conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone. For instance, we use inferential statistics to try to infer from the sample data what the population might think ("Research Methods: Inferential Statistics," 2014). There is also four level of measurements that is also involved with statistics. The four levels of measurement are ratio data, interval data, nominal data, and ordinal data. All four of the different measurements has their purpose when using statistics for research. . The Role of Statistics...
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...QNT/351: Quantitative Analysis for Business Individual Exercises Week One Statistics in Business October 2, 2013 Definition of Statistics Statistics, the mere mention of the “word” strikes fear in the hearts of students. Statistics is a subject that consumers are bombarded within the form of commercials, advertisements, work, and even political campaigns; however little thought is put into how the numbers are derived. A personal definition of statistics is a set of data that is arraigned to prove or disprove a point of view; this view may or may not be in line with one’s opinion. Personally, the belief that the numbers can be biased to benefit the originator of the study call into question the validity of statistical data, as an example, every make of toothpaste is recommended by nine out of 10 dentists. The textbook definition of statistics is the “science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting data to assist in making more effective decisions” (Lind, Marchal, & Wathen, 2011, p. 5). Types and levels of statistics There are two types of statistics, descriptive, and inferential. Descriptive statistics present data in an organized manner summarizes and presents the information in an informative way. Inferential statistics present data about a subject from information gained from the subject. The levels of measurement include Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio. Role of statistics in business The primary purpose of...
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...Statistics in Business J. Maynard Dill QNT/351 - Quantitative Analysis for Business Monday 11th, March 2013 Edward Heinz, instructor Statistics in Business The general statements made by people every day such as smoking is bad for one’s health, or the green house affect is causing the polar ice cap to melt are assertions made that can be either proven or disproven. This is accomplished by the systematic gathering, sorting, reviewing, categorizing, examining, and interpreting of data to draw objective conclusions that can be trusted, (Lind, Marchal & Wathen, 2011). This is the general meaning of statistics. With this in mind it is important to understand that there are differing types and levels of statistics. There are two basic types of statistics, descriptive and inferential. Using the data collected in an enlightening fashion that allows for better understanding is referred to as descriptive statistics, (McClave, Benson & Sincich, 2011). Inferential statistics is explained by (McClave, et al, 2011) as the technique used to approximate a certain quality of that being sampled referred to as population. But the term population is used very broadly and can refer to many groups of animate or inanimate subjects. These two types are further defined by four different levels of data collection, nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. These will determine how the data is arrived at and presented. Business is enhanced through statistics as the data collected on employee...
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