GROUP ASSIGNMENT/ PROJECT Contribution towards internal Evaluation: 20 marks As a part of the course in Quantitative Methods, student has to take group activity of developing a research project. The students should involve two or more concepts taught in the course as a part of data analysis in the project. The group size should not exceed 8 in any case. The formation of groups will be done after a discussion in the class. • • • • • • •
Format for Project Project: Executive Summary Background or Introduction Problem Definition/Objectives of the Project Fieldwork/Data Collection (Primary or Secondary) Data Analysis Results, Conclusion and Discussions Appendices
Dead lines: 16th Jul (Project Proposal as per above format with brief description of each Component) (Total size: 2-3 pages) th : 13 Aug (Interim Presentation/ Submission) (5 marks) : 4th Sep (Final submission and presentation) (15 marks) Recommended: 12 font size, Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing (Total report length, 20 pages maximum EXCLUDING APPENDIX) RESOURCES: The students are advised to collect data from the company’s websites, ICMR case material, C.I.I. resources, Business magazines Databases like Prowess, CMIE, EBSCO, EMERALD etc. Students may go for interviews and primary data collection, if required. The following topics are just indicative. Student may go with the topic of their choice Sr. Nos. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
SUGGESTED TOPICS/TRIGGERS Topic Area/Concepts Preference of bike/mobile brands Marketing (Sampling, ANOVA Chi-Square) Student Satisfaction in B-schools HR (Sampling, Chi-Sqaure) Prediction of stock prizes Finance (Time series, Regression) Preference of Mutual funds Finance((Sampling, ANOVA Chi-Square, decision theory) Impact of IPOs in traded volumes at Finance (t-tests, hypothesis NSE/BSE testing, time series, regression) Popularity of pulp juices /New products Marketing (Two sample tests, ANOVA,Chi-Square)