AssessmentInformation Subject Code:BUS105 Subject Name: Business Information Systems Assessment Title: Data Mining theory and application using employment website seek Weighting: Leng 20 th: %1000 words Total Marks:40 marks Submission:Use Turnitin Due Date: Monday 24th April 15:55 pm AEST Software required: Microsoft office, i.e. the assignment is to be completed in Word and converted to a PDF file (See assignment submission section below). NOTE: This assignment is worth 40 marks (scaled to 20% of your marks for the trimester) and is to be done individually. Assessment Description: Your Instructions Part A: You are required to read the articles/slides below and your lecture notes on data mining then answer the following questions. http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty/jason.frand/teacher/technologies/palace/d atamining.htm http://cose-stor.sfsu.edu/~huiyang/869-sp2008/lectures/01_intro.pdf http://www.thearling.com/text/dmwhite/dmwhite.htm http://bigdata-madesimple.com/12-common-problems-in-data-mining/ Question 1: Define data mining and describe three applications in your own words.(5 marks) Question 2:List the five major elements of data mining. Provide an example of each element, for example, element 1 is extracting, transforming, and loading transaction data onto the data warehouse system. Data on mobile phone sales can be extracted, transformed into categories, e.g. brand, size, etc., and placed onto a database or warehouse. (10 marks) Question 3:Using the articles you have read, write a paragraph in your own words on five issues (problems) with data mining. (5 marks) See the KBS Harvard referencing guidePart B: With the knowledge you have gained on data mining, you are to perform a few data mining tasks using the employment website seek. The aim is to provide summary statistics and information on accounting positions across Australia. Go to the seek website at https://www.seek.com.au/ 1. In the leftmost menu, type in “accounting” and then click the screen should look like this Question 1: a. How many accounting-related jobs are there in total today? (1 mark) b. Click on the menu “Any Classification” and take note of which ten classifications have the greatest number of jobs. Present the results in a table in Microsoft Word and report on your findings in a few brief sentences. For example, today “Sales” has 3,530 job advertisements listed, the second highest compared to Accounting with 9,126. (6 marks) c. Click on the “paying $0” and “to$200k” menus, Select four pay categories of your choice, e.g. $30k to $40k, $40k to $50k,$50k to $60k, $60k to $70k (or other categories of your choice). Record the number of jobs, e.g. 6,314 jobs found in a table. Summarize your findings in a few sentences.(5 marks) SEEKd. Go to the “where” menu, type in the names of each state one at a time, e.g. “South Australia SA” and record the number of jobs in a table. Report on the location of the most and least number of jobs, for example, Adelaide in South Australia has only 591 accounting jobs available, whereas NSW has 9190 jobs available, which would provide more opportunity for graduates. (4 marks) e. Present a summary of your overall findings, including which type, location, pay scale and classification of accounting job available at present. Provide some recommendations for graduate accountants.(4 marks) Assignment Submission Students must submit their individual analysis via Turnitin on Monday 24th April 2017 15:55pm AEST. This file must be submitted as a ‘PDF’ document to avoid any technical issues that may occur from incorrect file format upload. Uploaded files with a virus will not be considered as a legitimate submission. Turnitin system will notify you if there is any issue with the submitted file. In this case, you must contact your lecturer via email and provide a brief description of the issue and a screen shot of the Turnitin error message. Students are also encouraged to submit their work well in advance of the time deadline to avoid any possible delay with Turnitin similarity report generation or any other technical difficulties.Late assignmentsubmissionpenalties Penalties will be imposed on late assignment submissions in accordance with Kaplan Business School “late assignment submission penalties” policy. Number of days Penalty 1*-9 days 5% per day for each calendar day late deducted from the student’s total marks 10-14 days 50% deducted from the student’s total marks. After 14 days Assignments that are submitted more than 14 calendar days after the due date will not be accepted and the student will receive a mark of zero for the assignment(s). Note Notwithstanding the above penalty rules, assignments will also be given a mark of zero if they are submitted after assignments have been returned to students *Assignments submitted at any stage within the first 24 hours after deadline will be considered to be one day late and therefore subject to the associated penalty If you are unable to complete this assessment by the due date/time, please refer to the“ Special Consideration Application”, which is available at http://www.kbs.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/KBS-Assessment-Policyv4.2. Simplified Marking Rubric/check list Task completed yes No Student has defined data mining Three applications of data mining have been described in the student’s own words Five major elements of data mining have been listed Examples for the five major elements of data mining have been described in the student’s own words Data mining issues have been described in their students own words A figure for total accounting jobs has been provided Jobs available for ten classifications of accounting have been presented in a table Jobs available for ten classifications of accounting have been described in sentenceform Jobs in four classes of income have been presented in a table Jobs in four classes of income have been summarized in sentence form Jobs available in each state have been listed in a table Jobs available in each state have been described in a few sentences A neat summary has been provided Recommendations for graduate accountants have been provided