Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Strategy

Assessed Coursework

 

Applied Machine Learning and Big Data Strategy

OIM7508-B

 

80% weighting

 

 

Assignment outline

 

This is a 5,000-word group report (excluding title page, contents page, tables/figures, appendix, and bibliography) worth 80% of the module mark.

 

Please:

• Use the Harvard referencing (https://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/find-out-about/referencing/)
• State on the front page:
  • The title of the project
  • Group members’ names and UB numbers
  • The actual word count

 

Assessment Submission Date:09 May 2022 (15:00)

 

For this group report, you are required to identify key issues experienced in industries and/or society based on the literature review and address such issues & propose potential solutions thereby conducting data analysis.   You are required to identify a dataset(s) (at least 1,000 rows) publicly available (e.g. Kaggle) relevant to your research gaps/questions.

 

 

Below is a suggested structure of the group report:

 

1. Introduction (10%)
   • Set the context for your research project.
   • Brief discussion of a research gap(s) based on literature review
   • Brief discussion of research questions.

 

2. Literature Review (20%)
   • Conduct literature review in the research area of your choice
   • Identify a research gap(s).
   • Establish your hypotheses

 

3. Methodology (20%)
   • Brief background information of the dataset(s) selected.
   • Discuss and justify analytical techniques to be utilised.

 

4. Findings (25%)
   • Using Python, report your findings and test hypotheses
   • This section should include at least:
     1. Key descriptive statistics with interpretation (5%)
     2. Data visualisations with interpretation (10%)

• Statistical analysis (e.g. correlation test, regression) and/ormachine learning model (i.e. supervised/unsupervised machine learning) with interpretation (10%)

• Each group member must create at least one outputfrom either of the three types of outputs (i to iii).

 

5. Discussion/Conclusion (15%)
   • Compare the findings from your research with that of the literature. Discuss any consistencies / conflicting information between your research and the literature.
   • Discuss any implications based on your findings.
   • Discuss any limitations of your research &recommendations for future study.

 

6. Please make sure that your written expressionsare clear and that the overall consistency of your argument and the structure of the coursework, including referencing (following Harvard referencing[1]), are all sound (10%)

 

Assessment Criteria

	70% and over	60-69%	50-59%	40-49%	Less than 40%
	Excellent	Very good	Good	Basic	Poor
Introduction (10%)	Introduction of research context, clarity of research questions and objectives
	Extremely well-grounded, clearly stated and appropriate aim, objectives & research questions which are mapped to the theme chosen.	Very clearly stated and appropriate aim, objectives & research questions which are mapped to the theme chosen.	Clearly stated and appropriate aim, objectives & research questions which are mapped to the theme chosen.	Satisfactory mention of the appropriate aim, objectives & research questions which are mapped to the theme chosen.	Inadequate or conflicting aim, objectives & research questions, and no mapping to the theme chosen.
Literature Review (20%)	Evidence of scholarship and knowledge of subject theory/practice – where students demonstrate critical analysis of the most significant contributions to the literature, drawing on journals and recent research.
	Excellent demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the relevant theory and research to address the topic at hand.	Very clear and appropriate demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the relevant theory and research to address the topic at hand.	Reasonable demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the literature. However, it would have benefited from additional academic references.	Basic demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the relevant theory and research. Additional key literature should have been used.	Poor demonstration of knowledge and understanding of the relevant theory and research. Basic literature to address the topic should have been identified and used
Methodology (20%)	Clear introduction of a dataset(s) used and justification of analytical techniques employed
	Excellent research design with coherence selection of data and data analytics techniques, which are appropriately justified against the research aim.	Very good research design with selection of data and data analytics techniques, which are sufficiently justified against the research aim.	Good research design with appropriate selection of data and data analytics techniques, which are sufficiently justified against the research aim.	Satisfactory research design with appropriate selection of data and data analytics techniques, which are partially justified against the research aim.	Poor research design with inappropriate selection of data and data analytics techniques, which are partially or not justified against the research aim.
Findings (25%)	Report findings that address research gap based on both clear and informative statistical outputs and data visualisations.
	Excellent presentation of clear and informative findings appropriate to research questions based on excellent interpretations of outputs.	Very good presentation of clear and informative findings appropriate to research questions based on very good interpretations of outputs.	Good presentation of clear and informative findings appropriate to research questions based on good interpretations of outputs.	Satisfactory presentation of findings appropriate to research questions based on basic interpretations of outputs.	Poor presentation of findings in relation to research questions.  Lack of basic interpretations of outputs.
Discussion (15%)	Detailed discussions on the findings, comparing them with that of previous studies.  Implications of findings within the field selected, and areas for improvement for future research.
	Excellent discussion of your findings, comparing them with the relevant literature.  Excellent implications of findings within the field selected, and areas for improvement for future research.	Very good discussion of your findings, comparing them with the relevant literature.  Very good implications of findings within the field selected, and areas for improvement for future research.	Good discussion of your findings, comparing them with the relevant literature.  Good implications of findings within the field selected, and areas for improvement for future research.	Satisfactory discussion of your findings, comparing them with the relevant literature.  Basic implications of findings within the field selected, and areas for improvement for future research.	Poor discussion of your findings, comparing them with the relevant literature.  Poor/no implications of findings within the field selected, and areas for improvement for future research.
Presentation & Structure (10%)	Professional presentation of material and argument, and clear and accurate referencing, consistent with Bradford Harvard style, and Written expression suitable for academic work at level 7, with fluent language and clarity of meaning.
	Excellent, polished and coherent structure. Excellent fluency and academic writing. Thoughts and Ideas clearly expressed.	Very good, careful and logical organization throughout. Very good spelling, grammar, and academic writing style. Thoughts and ideas clearly expressed.	Good presentation and structure with a reasonable degree of coherence and structure. Good spelling and grammar. Some attempt at academic style.	Basic attempt to organize thoughts in a logical manner. Some errors in spelling/ grammar/ structure.	Very unclear and with poor structure. Inadequate spelling/ grammar.

 

[1]Please find detailed information from: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/find-out-about/referencing/