Roles Within Data Analytics
Essay by coolmani • March 12, 2019 • Coursework • 830 Words (4 Pages) • 734 Views
Roles within Data Analytics
Overview and Rationale
As you look to start your program and look towards your future job prospects, it is important to have a clear picture of your career. In this assignment, you will research on job function/role within analytics. The role you will research will be given to you randomly during the module.
Course Outcomes
This assignment is directly linked to the following key learning outcomes from the course syllabus:
- Describe the major steps of an analytics project, the various job functions and who performs them with a focus on identifying where they want to participate in the data analytics ecosystem.
- Articulate the value data analytics provides to a business’ goals and strategies based with respect to the business’ industry.
- Visualize data in a compelling way to enable data driven storytelling.
Assignment Summary
You are asked to create a small 5 minute presentations that provides an overview of the role/job function, importance of the function, and its future demand. Some suggested ideas for information you may highlight in your presentation include:
- Number of job postings on LinkedIn for the role
- Market forecast on demand for the role
- Survey information of employer’s related to the role
- Average salary for the role (potentially compared to other professions)
- Number of mentions in academic papers, in LinkedIn, in Twitter, etc.
- Key skills required for role (potentially from survey data, job postings, etc.)
The above is not a list of required data points, but suggestions. You are expected to go beyond these and think of other data points and use these data points to provide an analysis of the role and future expectations.
This is another opportunity to dive in and showcase your ability to present data, as well as showcase your presentation skills. Be creative in your presentation. Be sure to reference the data visualization best practices resources to create powerful visuals. You should also structure your presentation to tell a story, and annotate your data to highlight key points you wish to cover.
Submission Requirements
You must include data visualization along with your presentation. The data must be equivalent to 4-5 slides of a PowerPoint presentation.
Cite all sources using APA.
If you are giving your presentation live, (face-to-face or online) allow 2 minutes for Q&A. Submit your presentation file for grading.
If not, record yourself giving the presentation and post it to the discussion board and answer classmate questions via the discussion board. Submit both your recording and presentation file for grading.
Rubric
Category | Exceeds Standard | Meets Standard | Approaching Standard | Below Standards |
Job Function | Articulate a well-focused and insightful overview of the job function and its future using storytelling and visualization. | Articulates an overview of the job function and its future using story and visualizations that are clearly linked | Articulates an overview of the job function and its future using story and visualizations, but the story and visualizations do not connect or the overview is generic | Outlines a function and future of the role, but does not do so with a story and data or the overview does not clearly communicate a specific purpose or future of the role |
Business Value of Function ALY6000-CO2 | Articulate a coherent and compelling current and future business value for the job function using story and visualization | Clearly articulates a current and future business value for the job function using story and visualization. | Articulates a current business value for the role using story and visualizations, but the visualizations and story do not connect or are generic | Outlines a business value for the job function, but does not do so with story and data or does not clearly communicate a specific business value of the role |
Data Visualizations ALY6000-CO5 | Accurately visualizes data in an innovative and compelling way that tells a story. | Accurately and creatively visualizes data in a useful way that tells a story. | Visualizes data in a useful way but visualizations may not be creative, or may have errors. | Data visualizations are actuate, but not visually appealing and hinder the story being told. |
Research | Expertly incorporates ample scholarly resources that reflect depth and breadth of research | Effectively incorporates sufficient scholarly resources that reflect depth and breadth of research | Incorporates scholarly resources but does so ineffectively or the resources do not reflect a depth and breadth of research | Incorporates insufficient scholarly resources to suggest a depth of research. Use of resources is awkward. |
Writing and Format | Assignment follows normal conventions of grammar and spelling and appropriate conventions of style and format that engages the reader | Assignment follows normal conventions of grammar and spelling and has been carefully proofread. Appropriate conventions of style and format are used consistently. | Minimal errors in spelling, and grammar, and/or other writing conventions. Some transitions are choppy but not difficult to follow. | Frequent errors in spelling, grammar, and/or other writing conventions that distract the reader. Transitions are choppy and difficult to follow. Limited connection to the topic. |
Presentation | Narration or delivery uses all elements of speech to engross the audience | Narration or delivery is clear and concise with variation in volume and inflection, holds attention, and emphasize key points. | Narration or delivery is clear and concise, holds attention, and emphasizes key points. | Narration or delivery is clear and concise, emphasizes key points. |
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