Week 5 – Final Paper

Final Paper

The Final Paper provides you with an opportunity to integrate and reflect on what you have learned during the class.

During the course, you have applied a variety of methods to analyze data sets and uncover important information

used in decision making. Having a good understanding of these topics is important to be able to apply them in real-

life applications. Below are some of the key elements that were discussed throughout this course. Analyze each of

the elements below. In your analyzation, consider and discuss the application of each of these course elements in

analyzing and making decisions about data. Incorporate real-life applications and scenarios.

The course elements include:

• Probability

• Distribution

• Uncertainty

• Sampling

• Statistical Inference

• Regression Analysis

• Time Series

• Forecasting Methods

• Optimization

• Decision Tree Modeling

The paper must (a) apply and reference new learning to each of the ten course elements, (b) build upon class

activities or incidents that facilitated learning and understanding, and (c) present specific current and/or future

applications and relevance to the workplace for each of the ten course elements. The emphasis of the paper should

be on modeling applications, outcomes, and new learning.

The paper

• Must be 2000-2500 words (excluding title page and references page), double-spaced, and formatted

according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (https://awc.ashford.edu/cd-apa-

checklist.html) .

• Must include a separate title page with the following:

◦ Title of paper

◦ Student’s name

◦ Course name and number

◦ Instructor’s name

◦ Date submitted

• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.

◦ The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources

(https://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/b2d6fb25-629e-42e1-a13e-

43bf67043c8a/1/Scholarly%2C%20Peer%20Reviewed%2C%20and%20Other%20Credible%20Sources.docx)

table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a

specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has

the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

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• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford

Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (http://ashford.waypointoutcomes.com/assessment/20457/preview) for the

criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment

Submission

The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint. Please refer to the instructions below to submit your

assignment.

1. Click on the Assignment Submission button below. The Waypoint “Student Dashboard” will open in a new

browser window.

2. Browse for your assignment.

3. Click Upload.

4. Confirm that your assignment was successfully submitted by viewing the appropriate week’s assignment tab in

Waypoint.

For more detailed instructions, refer to the Waypoint Tutorial

(https://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/dc358708-3d2b-41a6-a000-

ff53b3cc3794/1/Waypoint%20Tutorial.pdf) (https://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/dc358708-3d2b-

41a6-a000-ff53b3cc3794/1/Waypoint%20Tutorial.pdf) .

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