In Class Exercise #2

Worth 6%

Instructions:

Due by end of class. This is an in-class exercise. Work completed outside of the classroom cannot be
graded.

Do not email your document, submit to the Assignment #2 dropbox.

1. Locate, and download, the MGMT8260 Student Data Set Auto Sales from Week 4 and create a
2D column chart from Data Set A. Your chart will show the Year 2 sales figures for BMW 2Series,
BMW 3Series, and BMW 4Series. Make sure that you update the “Chart Title” to make it
meaningful and that the horizontal axis reflects MONTHS only. Lastly, make the vertical axis
currency, with no decimal places.
Screenshot and paste the chart in this document. 1 mark

BMW 2S 3S AND 4 S SALES - MONTHLY

$7,000.00

$6,000.00

$5,000.00

$4,000.00

$3,000.00

$2,000.00

$1,000.00

$0.00
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2 A BMW BMW 2Series 2 A BMW BMW 3Series 2 A BMW BMW 4Series

2. Using the chart above, change the chart type to “stacked column.”
Screenshot and paste the chart in this document. 1 mark
 BMW 2S 3S AND 4 S SALES - STACKED

$9,000.00
$8,000.00
$7,000.00
$6,000.00
$5,000.00
$4,000.00
$3,000.00
$2,000.00
$1,000.00
$0.00
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2 A BMW BMW 2Series 2 A BMW BMW 3Series 2 A BMW BMW 4Series

3. Using ETS (forecasting) what is the forecast value for year 6, using the following data? 1 mark

CI (confidence interval): 80%

Data Set: 25, 100, 75, 50, 80 (Y Axis)
Year: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (X Axis)
Forecast Start: 5
Forecast End: 7

ANSWER: 71.816296

4. Forecast the data with the trendline. Copy and paste the chart in this document. 1 mark
Trendline: Exponential
Chart: 2-D Column
Data Set: 29, 37, 47, 50

ANSWER:
5. A chart shows numerical data by: (circle the correct answer) 1/2 mark
a. Displaying colors
b. One or more dimensions
c. None if the above

6. What are the 5 components of the overview of analytics techniques? 1/2 mark
ANSWER:
1.Data Staging
2.Exploration and Reporting
3.Knowledge Discovery
4.visualisation
5.Publishing