Paper details
A major client of your company is interested in the salary distributions of jobs in the state of Minnesota that
range from $30,000 to $200,000 per year. As a Business Analyst, your boss asks you to research and analyze
the salary distributions. You are given a spreadsheet that contains the following information:
A listing of the jobs by title
The salary (in dollars) for each job
The client needs the preliminary findings by the end of the day. Your boss asks you to first compute some basic
statistics and then analyze the results in the four questions given in the Excel spreadsheet.
Background information on the Data
The data set in the spreadsheet consists of 364 records that you will be analyzing from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The data set contains a listing of several jobs titles with yearly salaries ranging from approximately
$30,000 to $200,000 for the state of Minnesota.
What to Submit
Your boss wants you to submit the spreadsheet with the completed calculations, answers, and analysis.
rubric:
A – 4 – Mastery
All problems are solved correctly.
0
B – 3 – Proficiency
Correctly solved almost all the problems.
0
C – 2 – Competence
Correctly solved a majority of the problems.
0
F – 1 – No Pass
Did not correctly solve a majority of the problems or at least one problem left blank.
0
I – 0 – Not Submitted
Not Submitted
0
Criterion 2
0% of total grade
A – 4 – Mastery
Complete and detailed steps are provided to explain how to solve the problem.
0
B – 3 – Proficiency
Mostly complete and detailed steps are provided to explain how to solve the problem.
0
C – 2 – Competence
Fairly complete and detailed steps are provided to explain how to solve the problem OR the steps providedhave some errors.
0
F – 1 – No Pass
Very few steps are provided to explain how to solve the problem OR the steps provided have several errors.
0
I – 0 – Not Submitted
Not Submitted
0
Criterion 3
0% of total grade
A – 4 – Mastery
Explanations demonstrate a mastery of understanding of the statistical concepts and terminology.
0
B – 3 – Proficiency
Explanations demonstrate a proficient understanding of most of the statistical concepts and terminology, but
with small errors.
0
C – 2 – Competence
Explanations demonstrate a basic understanding of most of the statistical concepts and terminology, but some
explanations may be incomplete or incorrect.
0
F – 1 – No Pass
Explanations generally lack a basic understanding of the statistical concepts or lack of proper terminology.
0
I – 0 – Not Submitted
Not Submitted
0
Criterion 4
0% of total grade
A – 4 – Mastery
All variables, equations, and expressions are properly formatted