[SOLVED] 161762 2025 Project

161.762 2025 Project

Part I: Writen Report TempIate

(Max 7 pages, excIuding references and appendix)

1. lntroducⅥon (4 Marks)

•     What dataset are you using, and what is its real-world or business context?

•     What are the main research quesons you aim to answer?

•     Why are these quesons important from a business or analycal perspecve?

2. Data DescripⅥon (4 Marks)

•     Number of observaons and variables; types of variables (numeric, categorical, etc.)

•     Any cleaning, transformaons, or imputaons performed

•     Summary stascs and 1–2 basic visualizaons

3. MuIⅥvariate Method 1 (e.g., PCA, Factor AnaIysis) (4 Marks)

•     What is the method, and why did you choose it for your data and queson?

•     What assumpons are involved? Were they met?

•     Show a key visualizaon (e.g., scree plot, biplot). Walk the reader through it:

o  What does it show?

o  Which variables are most important?

o  What does it reveal about the structure of your data?

•     What business insight did you gain?

4. MuIⅥvariate Method 2 (e.g., CIuster AnaIysis) (4 Marks)

•     Why is this method suitable?

•     What were the key plots (e.g., dendrogram, cluster map)?

• What defines each group/cluster in your data?

•     Are the results interpretable and relevant?

5. MuIⅥvariate Method 3 (e.g., Discriminant AnaIysis, MDS, MANOVA, etc.) (4 Marks)

•     Jusfy the method choice in your context

•     Include at least one meaningful plot and walk the reader through its interpretaon

•     What new or different insight did this method give compared to the others?

6. ComparaⅥve AnaIysis (4 Marks)

•     How did the methods differ in what they revealed?

•     Were their conclusions complementary, overlapping, or contradictory?

•     Which method added the most value, and why?

7. What Didn’t Work (4 Marks)

•     Briefly menon one thing you tried that didn’t produce useful results or that you revised

•     What did this teach you about method selecon or assumpons?

8. ConcIusion (4 Marks)

•     What are the main takeaways?

•     What are the limitaons of your analysis?

•     How can a business or analyst act on these insights?

Appendix

•     Addional plots (if you used them to make decisions), outputs, or reference tables not included above, Chat logs with LLMs

Part 2: Video PresentaⅥon TempIate (Max 5 minutes) 18 Marks

Use the following structure to guide your video recording. You may present slides or talk through your report using screen recording so ware (e.g., Zoom, OBS).

1. lntroducⅥon (30 seconds)

•     State your dataset, business context, and research quesons

2. Method 1 VisuaIizaⅥon & lnterpretaⅥon (1 minute)

•     Display one plot

•     Explain what it shows, how you interpret it, and why it maters

3. Method 2 VisuaIizaⅥon & lnterpretaⅥon (1 minute)

•     As above, focus on the second method

4. Method 3 VisuaIizaⅥon & lnterpretaⅥon (1 minute)

•     As above, focus on the third method

5. ComparaⅥve lnsights (1 minute)

•     Synthesize how the methods gave different or complementary insights

6. ConcIusion (30 seconds)

•     What’s the single most important insight a business user should remember?