MIS770 Assignment One – Trimester 3, 2016 1 | P a g e Particulars • Due: Week 5, 9am, Tuesday 6th December, 2016 • Marks: 20% • Words: 2000 • Submission: Online to the MIS770 assignment ONE drop box in CloudDeakin • This assignment is to be completed individually Scenario In this assignment you will undertake two distinct tasks. First, you will develop an evaluation criteria for Charts, Tables and Graphs and second, you will use the criteria you have just developed to evaluate the suitability of the Charts, Tables and Graphs in a publically available report of your choice (subject to the conditions listed later in this document). Overview For this assignment, we will use the ideas and concepts introduced in Module 1 to evaluate the presentation of information. The evaluation will centre on the suitability of Charts, Tables and/or Graphs used to represent data. The source document of these Charts, Tables and/or Graphs will be a published report from a Government or significant Organisation of your choice. (An example of a suitable annual report can be found at the end of this document under Supporting Materials.) There are many suitable reports that you can use for your evaluation and you might be comfortable selecting a document that is aligned with your current field of study. For instance, if you were a Business student then you might like to choose a listed (public) company's Annual Investor Presentation (the example). These types of reports can be sourced from a public company's website (usually under Investor Centre) or the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Overall, other sources could be international organisations (e.g. World Health Organisation (WHO)), government departments or enterprises (e.g. Education Departments, water authorities, etc.). When selecting a report to evaluate, ensure that the document is publically available and has a wide selection of Charts, Tables and Graphs. FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics MIS770 – Analytical Skills Foundations Assignment 1 - Analysing the visual presentation of an organisation's annual reportMIS770 Assignment One – Trimester 3, 2016 2 | P a g e Requirements: Task 1: Develop an evaluation criteria of the Report Presentation Your evaluation criteria need to stipulate the guidelines, or rules, you would use in establishing whether a Chart, Table or Graph used in your selected Report is appropriate such that a person can readily understand, or appreciate, the message being conveyed. Your criteria should ideally address approximately 20 ideas. Task 2: Evaluate the Report Utilising the evaluation criteria you developed in Task 1, identify good representations of data (i.e. indicate why a particular Chart, Table or Graph is an appropriate explanation of the underlying data). Additionally, you are to identify any misleading, or potentially misleading, representations of data (i.e. indicate why a particular Chart, Table or Graph is inappropriate). Note: When evaluating the report, make sure to associate your selected Chart, Table or Graph back to your criteria (suggest you either include the visualisation itself or a reference to a page or graphic name). Additionally, be mindful not to praise/criticise a Chart, Table or Graph if that is inconsistent with your criteria. The number of Charts, Tables or Graphs you evaluate should total approximately 12 to 15 overall and be diverse in nature (i.e. both appropriate and [any] misleading representations of data). Submission Your completed assignment should be a single Word document divided into two sections: A. Evaluation Criteria B. Report Evaluation The assignment is to be submitted to the MIS770 assignment box in Deakin's Cloud Campus before 9am on Tuesday 6th December, 2016. Please name the assignment using the format yourstudentid.docx. Note: Cloud Campus is the only method of submission acceptable. If you need to request an extension, please email the Unit Chair ([email protected]) by no later than Friday 2nd December, 2016. You will need to provide a valid reason together with supporting documentation (e.g. doctors' certificate, etc.) as well as the work completed to date. Note: A marking penalty will be applied where the assessment task is submitted after the due date without an approved extension as follows: • 5% will be deducted from available marks for each day up to five days • where work is submitted more than five days after the due date, the task will not be marked and the student will receive 0% for the task. 'Day' means working day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions.MIS770 Assignment One – Trimester 3, 2016 3 | P a g e Marking Rubric Poor/Needs Improvement Satisfactory Good Very Good Exemplary Section A: Develop Evaluation Criteria (Marks: 7) Create rules by which charts, graphs & tables are to be judged 0 points Proposes no, or only a few, criteria that indicate little or no comprehension of the task 0 – 3 marks 3.5 points Proposes several more satisfactory creative criteria that indicates satisfactory comprehension of the task 3.5 – 4 marks 4.5 points Proposes a reasonably good number of creative criteria that indicates a good comprehension of the task 4.5 – 5 marks 5.5 points Proposes many very good creative criteria that indicates a deep comprehension of the task 5.5 – 6 marks 7 points Proposes comprehensive creative criteria that meets best practice and is grounded in empirical theory. All criteria reflect a high level of judgement 6.5 – 7 marks Section B: Evaluate the Report (Marks: 10) Apply the rules you created in Section A to your selection of charts, graphs & tables 0 points Provides little or no direction as to how criteria might be implemented 0 – 4.5 marks 5 points Provides acceptable direction as to how criteria might be implemented in a satisfactory manner 5 – 6.5 marks 7 points Provides a good direction as to how criteria might be implemented 7 – 8 marks 8.5 points Provides a detailed and insightful direction as to how criteria might be implemented 8.5 – 9 marks 10 points Provides outstanding detail and insightful direction as to how criteria might be implemented Includes reworking of several inappropriate charts, tables or graphs 9.5 – 10 marks Overall Assignment Presentation (Marks: 3) 0 points Little or no attempt has been made to follow the assignment particulars Unprofessionally or poorly presented 0 – 1 marks 1.5 point Most of the assignment particulars have been adhered to Satisfactorily presented 1.5 mark 2 point Majority of the assignment particulars have been adhered to Good presentation 2 marks 2.5 points All of the assignment particulars have been adhered to Very good presentation 2.5 marks 3 points All of the assignment particulars have been dealt with meticulously Faultless assignment presentation 3 marks Supporting Materials Example of an appropriate Annual Report: • NAB Full Year Investor Presentation accessible via http://www.nab.com.au/content/dam/nabrwd/AboutUs/shareholder%20centre/documents/2015-investor-presentation.pdf Note: This document is to be utilised as an example only and it is not to form part of your assignment submission. 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