BTM 200

MINI CASE ASSIGNMENT

Kenza Debbarh (40171684)

John Molson school of business

Concordia university
Dear professors Duberrie,
My name is John; I am your portfolio manager. I have been compiling and
deeply analyzing the raw data about the students’ results provided by your
university, UQAM, and came out with the following output. I have divided my
work into several steps. Let me explain them to you in order to carry out this
analysis.

1. Organize the students’ final grades in alphabetical order:

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Student Assignments Mid-term Final exam
Last name  First name 
number  (%)  exam (%)  (%) 
Albert  Clement  5678234  74  55  84 
Brown  John  3451237  88  72  85 
Carter  Alex  4567890  87  55  40 
Dessousa  Robert  3456789  55  78  62 
Jung  Ching  1234567  50  76  84 
Kennedy  Paul  5678901  63  78  51 
Lennington  Kerry  1123456  30  65  84 
Loyd  Ann  9012345  45  88  78 
Marquis  Eva  7890123  98  71  80 
Nixon  John  1234568  73  65  72 
Savage  Janice  2314678  54  59  55 
Sevigny  Peter  2345678  61  45  60 
Smith  Albert  8901234  100  85  92 
Westbury  Jack  6789012  78  74  76 

Firstly, I organized the data so the student’s will be sorted in alphabetical order.
Thanks to the “Sort A to Z” tool, it was easier and faster.

2 Compute the weighted total for each student and generate the student’s
grade.

I compiled the “weighted Total (%)” simply by using this formula “=((D2*0.2)
+(E2*0.35) +(F2*0.45))” and as stated by the attached set of instructions, the
assignments, the mid-term and the final exam are worth 20%, 35% and 45%
respectively and by applying the above formula, I was able to find the weighted
total marks of all the students in terms of percentage which is also a great
indicator of students’ performance.
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Mid-term
Student Assignments Final exam weighted Final
Last name  First name  exam
number  (%)  (%)  total (%) grade
(%) 
Albert  Clement  5678234  74  55  84  71.85 B-
Brown  John  3451237  88  72  85  81.05 A-
Carter  Alex  4567890  87  55  40  54.65 F
Dessousa  Robert  3456789  55  78  62  66.2 C
Jung  Ching  1234567  50  76  84  74.4 B
Kennedy  Paul  5678901  63  78  51  62.85 C
Lennington  Kerry  1123456  30  65  84  66.55 C
Loyd  Ann  9012345  45  88  78  74.9 B
Marquis  Eva  7890123  98  71  80  80.45 A-
Nixon  John  1234568  73  65  72  69.75 C
Savage  Janice  2314678  54  59  55  56.2 F
Sevigny  Peter  2345678  61  45  60  54.95 F
Smith  Albert  8901234  100  85  92  91.15 A+
Westbury  Jack  6789012  78  74  76  75.7 B

The next step towards the “final grade” was to use the “weighted total (%)” to
generate a formula giving the student’s grade and was as follows: =IF
(G2<60,"F”, IF (G2<70,"C”, IF (G2<77,"B”, IF (G2<80,"B+”, IF
(G2<85,"A-",""))))).
I dragged this equation from the first cell to the rest of the cell on the Excel
sheet, the same way I calculated the weighted total.

3. Statistical distribution of the student grades:

This pivot table helps me see how many A+ to F were in this class to show the
overall performance of the students. As you can see above, the pivot table gives
the number of students which is 14, and how many times has the same letter
grade been attributed.

Mean point (%)

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I inserted a graphical representation of the class’ average (mean) points in terms

of percentage to assess the changing performance of the students during the
assignment, mid-term and final assessment periods.

Conclusion:

Note that the most common final grade is "C" grade, there is only one grade
"A+" and two grades of "A-" indicate that the performance of the class is very
poor. Three people who failed this course are also shown.
Some students really need to double their efforts to be able to pass the class.
Overall, the analysis shows that the performance of the course is very average,
Therefore, the following departments of UQAM University should find a way to
inspire their students to get better grades and pay more attention to homework
and the mid-term exam and not only the final exam.