Data Analysis in Management
Data Analysis in Management
Data Analysis in Management
1)A Project Manager want to know whether the project he has undertaken will finish on
time or not. He has historical data on projects that have been carried out within the
organisation. On analysing the data, the Project Manager finds that 60% of all projects
finished on time. He also found that 50% of historical projects gone through major scope
of changes, where 30% of projects having on-time finish records undergone at least one
major scope of change. So, what will be his conclusion regarding the on-time finish of new
project given that the project will go through a major change?
Solution:
Let A and B be the event of project finished on time and not finished on time.
P(B)=0.40
50% of all historical projects gone through major scope of changes. This implies that
P(C)=0.50
Finally, data shows that 30% of projects having on-time finish records undergone at least one
major scope of change. For this,
= 0.36 or 36%
2)If Covid-19 has a prevalence of 3% in Madurai, and a particular Covid test (rRT-PCR)
has a false positive rate of .001 and a false negative rate of .01, what is the chance that a
random person who tests positive is actually infected (also known as “positive predictive
value”)?
Solution:
Prior probability:
P(A) = 0.03, Let A be the event of true positive.
P ( Ac ) = 0.97, Let Ac be the event of true negative
0.03× 0.99
=
(0.03 × 0.99)+(0.97 ×0.001)
0.0279
=
0.0279+0.00097
0.0279
=
0.02887
= 96.64%
Chance that a random person who tests positive is actually infected (also known as “positive
predictive value”) is 96.64%
3)Suppose in 2019 General Election there will be three candidates namely Mr. Nationalist,
Mr. Silence and Mr. Prince fight for Prime Ministership in a country. The chances of their
win are 4:2:3 respectively. The chance that Mr. Nationalist, if selected the economy will
further decline is 0.3 whereas the Mr. Silence and Mr. Prince if selected the economy will
improve is 0.5 and 0.2. then, -
Solution:
P ( Dc / A ¿=0.3
P ( Dc /C ¿=0.8
0.33 × 0.8
=
0.44 ×0.3+ 0.22× 0.5+0.33 ×0.8
0.264
= = 0.52= 52%
0.506
There will be 52%chance in decline of economy, if Mr. Prince will be the prime minister in
2019.