BTEC Unit 42: Statistics for Management Assignment Brief Semester 1 2025

Assignment Brief 

This is an individual assignment (Assessment 1 of 2) covers Learning Outcome 1, 2 & 4 (LO1, LO2, LO4). 

• The submission format is in the form of an E-report. Please refer to the "Turnitin Submission Rules" that was posted on Moodle.
• The file on Turnitin must be in Wordformat and include the first page of this cover sheet. The first page of the cover sheet should be in the picture format in order to ensure the accepted similarity of Turnitin.
• The similarity allowed is up to 25%after excluding references.
• Name of the file includes Student ID_Unit name_Assessment no.(E.g. "1010001_SFM_A1.1")
• Ensure that authenticity declaration has been signed electronically.
• Plagiarism is unacceptable. Students must cite all sources and input the information by paraphrasing, summarising or using direct quotes. A Referral Grade is given when Plagiarism is identified in your work. There are noexceptions.
• Your evidence/findings must be cited using Harvard Referencing Style. Please refer to the Reference guide posted on Moodle. The Reference page is compulsory to upload on Turnitin.
• This assignment should be written in a concise, formal business style using Arial 11 or Times New Roman 12 font size and 1.5 spacing.
• The word limit is 3,000 words (+/- 10%). If you exceed the word limit (excluding references and administrative sections) your grade will be penalised.
• You MUST complete and submit a soft copy of your work on the due dates stated on the Assignment brief. All late work is not allowed to submit.

This rule is not waived under any circumstances. Read ALLInstructions on this Page and review the Pass, Merit and Distinction criteria carefully. To pass the assignment, you must achieve ALL the Pass Criteria outlined in the marking sheet. To achieve a Merit, you must achieve ALLthe Merit criteria (and therefore the Pass criteria). To achieve a Distinction, you must achieve ALLthe Distinction criteria (and therefore the Pass and Merit criteria).

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1: Evaluate business and economic data/information obtained from published sources

LO2: Analyse and evaluate raw business data using a number of statistical methods 

LO4: Communicate findings using appropriate charts and tables