The final project is worth 100 points and no calculations are needed. You will write up an
Executive Summary on what city you chose to open a second location in and justify the results.
Again, no calculations are needed because you will be writing up your own Executive Summary
that will then be submitted through Turnitin. From Turnitin, an originality report will be generated. No Turnitin report should exceed 20% of originality because you are writing this up in your own words. If any originality report is over 20%, then further action will need to be required from your instructor. This can include an automatic failure and 0 for plagiarism. If you have questions on what Academic Plagiarism is, please contact your instructor.
Grading Breakdown:
1) Executive Summary – up to 10%
a. Review what an Executive Summary looks like:
▪ What is an Executive Summary?
b. Must have cover page.
2) Grammar – up to 10%
a. Spell and grammar check your work.
b. Make sure you have correct punctuation and complete sentences.
3) State significant predictors – up to 25%
a. Must state which predictors are significant at predicting Cost of Living and how
do you know.
b. Show the comparison to alpha to state your results and conclusion.
c. Do these significant predictors make sense, if you want to relocate?
4) Discuss descriptive statistics for the significant predictors – up to 25%
a. From the significant predictors, review the mean, median, min, max, Q1 and Q3
values.
b. What city or cities fall above or below the median and/or the mean?
c. What city or cities are in the upper 3rd quartile? Or the bottom quartile?
d. How do these predictors compare to the baseline of NYC? What cost more or less money than NYC?
