.MIS770 Assignment One (Ver B) 1 | P a g e FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics MIS770 – Foundation Skills in Data Analysis Assignment 1 – Analysing the Visual Presentation of an Organisation’s Annual Report Particulars • Marks: 20% • Words: 2,000 (See Item 1, Guidelines) • Submission: Online to the MIS770 assignment one drop box in the Cloud Unit Site. Email submissions will not be accepted • Note: This assignment is to be completed individually Assurance of Learning This assignment assesses following Graduate Learning Outcomes and related Unit Learning Outcomes: Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO) Unit Learning Outcome (ULO) GLO1: Discipline knowledge and capabilities: appropriate to the level of study related to a discipline or profession ULO1: Apply the fundamentals of quantitative reasoning to solve real‐world problems 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, or visualise, data. The source document for 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 such as the example shown under “Supporting Materials”. These types of reports can be sourced from a public company’s website (usually under Investor Centre) or the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Other suitable 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. Scenario In this assignment, you will undertake two distinct tasks divided as Part A and Part B. First, you will develop a list of generic evaluation criteria that critique valid practices when developing, or constructing, Charts, TablesMIS770 Assignment One (Ver B) 2 | P a g e and Graphs (i.e. visualisations), i.e. Part A. Second, you will use the criteria you have just developed to evaluate the suitability of the Charts, Tables and Graphs (i.e. visualisations) utilised in a publically available report of your choice (subject to the conditions listed later in this document) i.e. Part B. Requirements  Part A: Develop Evaluation Criteria Your evaluation criteria need to be objective, in that they stipulate the rules you would use in establishing whether a Chart, Table or Graph utilised in your selected Report, is appropriate for the data being presented. You need to make sure that each of your criterion is written in such a manner that a reasonable person can readily understand, or appreciate, the message being conveyed. You are expected to address approximately 20 criteria. You should also group your criteria by visualisation type. For example, you might choose “Common”, “Chart”, “Table” and “Graph”, or some other suitable grouping. You are not restricted to these specific headings. It’s also important that you number each separate criterion as you will need to refer to its specific number when undertaking Task 2. An example of an appropriate criterion: Line Charts should be used when analysing trends over time. To be effective, the time series should be placed on the x‐axis with the measure on the y‐axis. An example of an unacceptable criterion: Line Charts should have nice colours. This example fails on two counts: it has an inadequate description (or explanation); and, it is subjective (i.e. the authors opinion), whereas it should be objective.  Part B: Report Evaluation Select 12 to 15 diverse Charts, Tables or Graphs from your chosen Report (but not including any “Infographics”) and evaluate these visualisations using your criterion developed in Part A. It would not be unusual for an individual visualisation from your report to refer to multiple criteria. Further, any given visualisation you select may conform to some of your criterion but be in contravention of others, and this would need to be reported. It is expected that each of your criterion would be used at least once when evaluating your chosen Charts, Tables or Graphs. Note: When evaluating the report, include an image of the Charts, Tables and Graphs you have selected and make sure to associate them back to a specific criterion by using the criterion number. Guidelines 1. The following word counts should be used as a guide for this assessment. Criteria: Qty 20 with 20 to 30 words in each (i.e. 400 to 600 words) Evaluation: Qty 12 with 100 to 120 words in each (i.e. 1200 to 1440 words), or Qty 15 with 100 to 120 words in each (i.e. 1500 to 1800 words) Therefore, using the above guidelines, your assignment should be no less than 1600 words and no more than 2400 words (i.e. 2000 words plus or minus 20%) 2. For this assignment, we are only interested in the Charts, Tables and Graphs contained in your selected published report but do not include any items commonly known as “Infographics”.MIS770 Assignment One (Ver B) 3 | P a g e Submission Your completed work should be a single Word document divided into two sections: Part A. Evaluation Criteria Part B. Report Evaluation In addition, please also submit a copy, or a link, of the Published Report that you used as part of your evaluation. The assignment is to be submitted to the MIS770 assignment box in Deakin’s Cloud Campus. Please ensure you include your name and student details in your Word document as well as naming the file in the following format: yourstudentid_A1.docx. Failure to follow this naming convention may lead to a delay in receiving feedback and marks. Marking Rubric Poor Needs Improvement Satisfactory Good Very Good Exemplary Part A: Develop Evaluation Criteria (Marks: 6) Create rules by which charts, graphs & tables are to be judged 0 points Proposes no valid criteria which indicates no comprehension of the task 0 – 1.5 Marks 2 points Proposes only a few valid criteria that indicate little comprehension of the task 2 – 2.5 Marks 3 points Proposes several more satisfactory creative criteria that indicates satisfactory comprehension of the task 3 Marks 3.5 points Proposes a reasonably good number of creative criteria that indicates a good comprehension of the task 3.5 – 4 Marks 4.4 points Proposes many very good creative criteria that indicates a deep comprehension of the task 4.5 Marks 6 points Proposes comprehensive creative criteria that meets best practice and are grounded in empirical theory. All criteria reflect a high level of judgement 5 – 6 Marks Part B: Report Evaluation (Marks: 10) Apply the rules you created in Part A to your selection of charts, graphs & tables 0 points Provides no direction as to how criteria might be implemented 0 – 2.5 Marks 3 points Provides little direction as to how criteria might be implemented 3 – 4.5 Marks 5 points Provides acceptable direction as to how criteria might be implemented in a satisfactory manner 5 – 5.5 Marks 6 points Provides a good direction as to how criteria might be implemented 6 – 6.5 Marks 7 points Provides a detailed and insightful direction as to how criteria might be implemented 7 – 7.5 Marks 10 points Provides outstanding detail and insightful direction as to how criteria might be implemented 8 – 10 Marks Overall Assignment Presentation (Marks: 4) 0 points No attempt has been made to follow assignment particulars. Poorly presented 0 – 0.5 Marks 1 points Little attempt has been made to follow assignment particulars. Unsatisfactorily presented 1 – 1.5 Marks 2 point Most of the assignment particulars have been followed. Satisfactorily presented 2 Mark 2.5 point Majority of the assignment particulars have been followed. Good presentation 2.5 Mark 3 points All of the assignment particulars have been followed. Very good presentation 3 Marks 4 points All of the assignment particulars have been dealt with meticulously. Faultless assignment presentation 3.5 – 4 Marks Supporting Materials Example of a suitable Annual Report:  NAB Full Year Investor Presentation Note: This document is to be utilised as an example only and it is not to form any part of your assignment submission.