QSO500 Milestone 3 latest 2019

QSO 500 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: For Milestone Three, you will analyze the data
provided for your problem using descriptive and inferential statistics. The
data sets can be found in the given case study for your final project, Maruti
Suzuki India: Defending Market Leadership in the A-Segment, within the Exhibit
section. You will explain the meaning of the results of your data analysis in
practical terms and consider the ethics of analyzing data to ensure it is fair,
objective, and scholarly. Please keep in mind that the following data sets are
quantitative: Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3, Exhibit 4, Exhibit 6, Exhibit 7, Exhibit 10
and Exhibit 11.

Using all of your research and your data analysis, you will
develop the concluding section of your research report: conclusions and
recommendations for action.

Prompt: After you have collected your data, analyze it using
descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on your research and analysis,
develop recommendations to address the research problem.

Specifically the following critical elements must be
addressed:

Data Analysis:

A. Accurately
analyze the data using the appropriate descriptive statistics.

B. Construct
appropriate tables or graphs to accurately display the results of the data
analysis. Include explanations of the meaning of the information presented.

C. Accurately
analyze the data using the appropriate inferential statistics. Be sure to
include the output.

D. Explain
the meaning of the results of your data analysis in practical terms (e.g., what
were the results? What results were expected? What results were unexpected? What
results were unsettling?).

E. Discuss
the ethics of analyzing data to ensure it is fair, objective, and scholarly.
What safeguards did you put in place to ensure the integrity of the study?

Conclusions and Recommendations for Action:

A. Summarize
your research findings succinctly for stakeholders.

B. Explain
how the research problem can be addressed by incorporating the results from
your literature review and data analysis. In other words, what do you now know
about your research problem that you did not know or understand before?

C. Based on
the conclusion, make recommendations to address the research problem that are
actionable, feasible, and realistic.

D. Recommend
appropriate strategies for handling any potential questions and concerns of
stakeholders.

E. Based on
your study, make appropriate recommendations for additional research that would
improve the organization’s effectiveness.