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FUNDAMENTAL OF DATA ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT (STA 225)

30 MARKS
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Prepare your solutions in excel format, save with your name and your matric number
e.g ADEMOLA ADELEKE_2345689
2. You are to submit the assignment to this mail address (lanre1804@gmail.com) on
before 8pm, 30th March, 2025.

Question 1: Data Cleaning & Formatting


You are given a dataset in Excel containing the following information about students:

Name Age Score Date of Birth Gender

John Doe 19 75 01-02-2005 Male

Jane Doe 18 88 14-05-2006 Female

Ali Yusuf 20 90 10/03/2004 Male

Mary Ojo 17 N/A 20-08-2007 Female

Peter Obi 21 60 05-12-2003 Male

Tasks:
a) Identify and correct any inconsistent date formats.
b) Replace the missing value in the "Score" column with the average of all available scores.
c) Sort the dataset by "Score" in descending order.
Question 2: Descriptive Statistics
You are given a dataset containing the monthly sales of a company in 2024:

Month Sales ($)

Jan 12,500

Feb 14,200

Mar 11,800

Apr 15,600

May 17,300

Jun 16,500

Jul 13,900

Aug 14,800

Sep 18,200

Oct 19,100

Nov 16,700

Dec 20,500

Tasks:
a) Calculate the average monthly sales.
b) Determine the highest and lowest sales months using Excel formulas.
c) Compute the standard deviation of the sales data.
Question 3: Data Visualization
A company tracks the number of customer complaints over six months:

Month Complaints

Jan 45

Feb 50

Mar 38

Apr 42

May 55

Jun 48

Tasks:
a) Create a column chart to visualize the number of complaints per month.
b) Add a trendline to see if complaints are increasing or decreasing over time.
c) Format the chart by adding axis labels and a title.

Question 4: Conditional Formatting & IF Functions


A company evaluates employee performance based on sales. Employees who achieve ≥ $15,000
in sales are marked as "Excellent," those with $10,000 – $14,999 as "Good," and below $10,000
as "Needs Improvement."

Employee Sales ($) Performance

John 17,500

Sarah 9,800

James 14,300

Amina 16,700

Chris 11,200

Stella 8,900

Tasks:
a) Use an IF function to automatically assign the correct performance category in column
"Performance."
b) Apply Conditional Formatting to highlight:
• "Excellent" in green,
• "Good" in yellow,
• "Needs Improvement" in red.

Question 5: Pivot Tables & Analysis


A retail store tracks daily sales across different product categories:

Date Category Sales ($)

01-03-24 Electronics 1,200

01-03-24 Clothing 800

02-03-24 Electronics 1,500

02-03-24 Clothing 900

03-03-24 Electronics 1,350

03-03-24 Clothing 950

Tasks:
a) Create a Pivot Table to show the total sales per category.
b) Insert a Pivot Chart to visualize the sales distribution.
c) Filter the Pivot Table to display only "Electronics" sales.

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