Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific Grading Guide QNT/561 Version 9 2 Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific Grading Guide QNT/561 Version 9 Applied Business Research and Statistics Copyright Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Individual Assignment: Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-PacificPurpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to develop students’ analytical capabilities to evaluate, analyze, and apply descriptive statistics techniques to real-world datasets.Resources Required · Microsoft Excel® · Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific · Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific data setGrading Guide Content Met Partially Met Not Met Comments: Prepare a managerial report for your boss. Use the following questions for guidelines and directions on what to include in the report. 1. What is the type of data (Quantitative or Qualitative) for each of the columns (variables) in the dataset? If quantitative, is the data discrete or continuous? Neatly summarize your response below in a table for all the columns (variable) 2. Using Excel®, find the mean, median, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, and the three quartiles for each of the quantitative variables identified in part 1 above. Neatly summarize it below in a table on this document. Comment on what you observe. 3. What are the minimum and maximum full-time enrollments? Which schools have the minimum and maximum full-time enrollments? 4. What is the average number of students per faculty member? Is this low or high? What does this mean to prospective applicants who are interested in pursuing an MBA in one of the leading international business schools? 5. What are the mean, median, and modal ages? What does this mean to prospective applicants? 6. What is the mean percentage of foreign students? How many and which schools have 1% and 0% foreign students? Which schools have highest percentage of foreign students? Please state these percentages. 7. What percentage of schools require the GMAT test? 8. What percentage of schools require English tests such as Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)? 9. What percentage of schools require work experience? From this percentage, does this appear to be a significant factor in gaining admissions? 10. What are the mean and median starting salaries? Which schools have the minimum and maximum starting salarie ...

1. Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific Grading Guide
QNT/561 Version 9
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Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific Grading Guide
QNT/561 Version 9
Applied Business Research and Statistics
Copyright
Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009,
2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.
University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo
Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
other countries. All other company and product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply
endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation.
Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial
standards and practices.
Individual Assignment: Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-
PacificPurpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to develop students’

2. analytical capabilities to evaluate, analyze, and apply
descriptive statistics techniques to real-world
datasets.Resources Required
· Microsoft Excel®
· Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific
· Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific data setGrading
Guide
Content
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
Prepare a managerial report for your boss. Use the following
questions for guidelines and directions on what to include in the
report.
1. What is the type of data (Quantitative or Qualitative) for each
of the columns (variables) in the dataset? If quantitative, is the
data discrete or continuous? Neatly summarize your response
below in a table for all the columns (variable)
2. Using Excel®, find the mean, median, standard deviation,
minimum, maximum, and the three quartiles for each of the
quantitative variables identified in part 1 above. Neatly
summarize it below in a table on this document. Comment on
what you observe.
3. What are the minimum and maximum full-time enrollments?
Which schools have the minimum and maximum full-time
enrollments?
4. What is the average number of students per faculty member?

3. Is this low or high? What does this mean to prospective
applicants who are interested in pursuing an MBA in one of the
leading international business schools?
5. What are the mean, median, and modal ages? What does this
mean to prospective applicants?
6. What is the mean percentage of foreign students? How many
and which schools have 1% and 0% foreign students? Which
schools have highest percentage of foreign students? Please
state these percentages.
7. What percentage of schools require the GMAT test?
8. What percentage of schools require English tests such as Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)?
9. What percentage of schools require work experience? From
this percentage, does this appear to be a significant factor in
gaining admissions?
10. What are the mean and median starting salaries? Which
schools have the minimum and maximum starting salaries? How
much are these minimum and maximum salaries?
11. What are the mean tuition for foreign students and for local
students? Does there appear to be a significant difference? What
is the difference between the two means?
12. How many schools require work experience and how many
of them don’t? What is the mean starting salary for schools
requiring work experience? What is the mean starting salary for
schools requiring no work experience?
13. How many schools require English tests and how many
don’t? What is the mean starting salary for schools requiring

4. English tests? What is the mean starting salary for schools
requiring no English tests?
14. Does there appear to be a correlation between age and
starting salaries? Comment on the strength and the direction of
the correlation.
15. Comment on the skewness for the data on starting salaries.
a. Plot a histogram and determine the skewness.
b. Find the skewness coefficient.
c. Find the mean, median, and mode for starting salaries and
compare the three measures to determine skewness.
Finally, use Empirical Rule on the starting salaries and
determine whether the salaries follow the Empirical Rule.
The case study is 1,050 words in length.
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Case Study: MBA Schools in Asia-Pacific
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University of Phoenix MaterialCase Study: MBA Schools in
Asia-Pacific
The pursuit of a higher education degree in business is now
international. A survey shows more and more Asians choose the
master of business administration (MBA) degree route to

7. corporate success. As a result, the number of applicants for
MBA courses at Asia-Pacific schools continues to increase.
Across the region, thousands of Asians show an increasing
willingness to temporarily shelve their careers and spend two
years in pursuit of a theoretical business qualification. Courses
in these schools are notoriously tough and include statistics,
economics, banking, marketing, behavioral sciences, labor
relations, decision making, strategic thinking, business law, and
more.
After your MBA, you get a job at Bloomberg in its media
division, Bloomberg Business. Your division publishes reviews
and rankings for business schools in the US and internationally.
Because of your strong analytical education from University of
Phoenix, your boss assigns you to work on preparing an analysis
for data gathered for leading business schools in the Asia-
Pacific. The data set in the Excel® file shows some of the
characteristics of the leading Asia-Pacific business schools.
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reserved.
Copyright © 2017 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.
Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures
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Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Grading Guide
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Copyright
Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009,
2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.
University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo
Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or
other countries. All other company and product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply
endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation.
Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial
standards and practices.
Individual Assignment: Statistics Concepts and Descriptive
MeasuresPurpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment to orient students to the key
concepts in statistics. This assignment will introduce students to
the language of statistics. Students will also get a chance to
warm-up on evaluating some basic descriptive statistics using
Excel prior to the course start.Resources Required
· Microsoft Excel®
· Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data SetGrading
Guide
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9. This assignment has an Excel® dataset spreadsheet attached.
Students will be required to do one of the three datasets only
and submit.
Download the Consumer Food, Financial, or Hospital Excel®
Data Set.
Note: you have to work on only ONE dataset and not ALL.
Answer each of the following in a total 90 words:
· For each column, identify whether the data is qualitative or
quantitative.
· Identify the level of measurement for the data in each column.
· For each column containing quantitative data:
· Evaluate the mean and median
· Interpret the mean and median in plain non-technical terms
· Use the Excel =AVERAGE function to find the mean
· Use the Excel =MEDIAN function to find the median
· For each column containing quantitative data:
· Evaluate the standard deviation and range
· Interpret the standard deviation and range in plain non-
technical terms
· Use the Excel =STDEV.S function to find the standard
deviation
For range (maximum value minus the minimum value), find the
maximum value using the Excel =MAX function and find the
minimum value using the Excel’s =MIN function

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The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page,
and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting
guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a
reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and
maintain the flow throughout the paper.

11. Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and
punctuation.
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