Presenting Data Analysis Results Effectively
Instructions:
Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation that interprets four of the graphs from the report you created in the last two assessments. Include detailed presenter’s notes in the PowerPoint slide deck to explain the points in each slide.
The ability to translate analytic results into clear, concise business language and actionable results is vital for managers and analysts. Managers are often required to present the results of their team’s analysis to executives and must be able to explain the results at a high level as well as understand enough about the details to answer any questions the executives might pose.
How much an analysis is valued can depend heavily on how well the results of that analysis are articulated. Communicating the results of your data analysis so the applications to your business are clear and explicit can greatly enhance the value of your analytic work. In this assessment, consider how you can best communicate the results that you wrote about in your previous assessment. Review any feedback you received on your first assessment and use it to enhance this assessment.
Scenario:
Moving average calculations help interpret data. You can easily add a moving average calculation to your stock price scatter plot and use the information to add to your interpretation of the five years of stock price data. You will add the moving average calculation to your stock price scatter plot for this assessment.
How much an analysis is valued can depend heavily on how well the results of that analysis are articulated. Communicating the results of your data analysis so the applications to your business are clear and explicit can greatly enhance the value of your analytic work.
In this assessment, consider how you can best communicate the results of your enhanced business report to your supervisor and colleagues.
Review any feedback you received on your previous assessments.
Your Role:
You are a senior analyst in a business. You may choose any publicly traded company of interest that has practical meaning for you including the company you used for Assessment 3.
Your immediate supervisor read your last analytics report on the company’s historical stock performance and was impressed with your work that she has asked you to add to the report and present the key points from that report at a company-wide meeting.
You have been invited to present the highlights of your analytics report at an annual company-wide meeting that employees of all levels will attend. You have been allotted no more than 10 minutes and approximately 10-12 slides. The purpose of your speech or presentation is to explain how the results of your analysis apply to the business and how the data you are presenting may impact various aspects of business context.
Create an approximately 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation with detailed presenter’s notes including citations on slides and in Notes area of the slide. You may also add a recorded voice-over in which you present and interpret data, graphs, descriptive statistics, et cetera. but the voice-over is not required.
Sample Answer
PowerPoint Presentation: Analyzing [Company Name] Stock Performance
(Slide 1: Title Slide)
Title: [Company Name] Stock Performance: A Five-Year Analysis
Presenter: [Your Name], Senior Analyst
Date: [Date]
(Speaker Notes): Good morning, everyone. Today, I’ll be presenting a summary of our analysis of [Company Name]’s stock performance over the past five years. We’ll be focusing on key trends and insights that are relevant to our business.
(Slide 2: Agenda)
- Introduction: Purpose of Analysis
- Overview of Data and Methodology
- Key Graph 1: Five-Year Stock Price Trend with Moving Average
- Key Graph 2: [Choose another relevant graph from your report, e.g., Volume Trends]
- Key Graph 3: [Choose another relevant graph from your report, e.g., Volatility Analysis]
- Key Graph 4: [Choose another relevant graph from your report, e.g., Comparison to Industry Index]
- Key Findings and Business Implications
- Q&A
(Speaker Notes): In this presentation, we’ll walk through our methodology, examine four key graphs, and discuss the implications of our findings for [Company Name].
(Slide 3: Introduction: Purpose of Analysis)
- Objective: To analyze [Company Name]’s stock performance over the past five years.
- Goal: To identify trends, volatility, and potential investment insights.
- Relevance: Understanding stock performance informs strategic business decisions.
(Speaker Notes): The purpose of this analysis is to provide a comprehensive overview of [Company Name]’s stock performance. This data helps us understand market perception and informs our strategic decision-making.
(Slide 4: Overview of Data and Methodology)
- Data Source: [Source of your data, e.g., Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg].
- Timeframe: [Start Year] – [End Year].
- Metrics: Stock price, volume, moving averages.
- Analysis Tools: [Tools used, e.g., Excel, Python, R].
- Moving Average: A 50-day moving average was added to the stock price to smooth out short-term fluctuations and reveal long-term trends.
(Speaker Notes): We used publicly available data from [Data Source] to analyze stock price and volume over the past five years. We added a 50 day moving average to our stock price chart to better visualize trends.
(Slide 5: Key Graph 1: Five-Year Stock Price Trend with Moving Average)
- Graph: [Insert Scatter Plot with Stock Price and 50-day Moving Average].
- Key Observations:
- [Describe significant upward or downward trends].
- [Highlight periods of high volatility].
- [Explain how the moving average smooths out short term fluctuations and shows the long term trend].
- [Mention any significant events that correlate with price changes].
- Citation: [Data Source Citation]
(Speaker Notes): This graph shows [Company Name]’s stock price over the past five years, along with the 50-day moving average. Notice [Mention a key observation]. The moving average helps us see the overall trend, which is [Describe the trend].
(Slide 6: Key Graph 2: [Volume Trends])
- Graph: [Insert Graph Showing Volume Trends].
- Key Observations:
- [Describe periods of high and low trading volume].
- [Explain how volume correlates with price changes].
- [Mention any significant events that correlate with volume changes].
- Citation: [Data Source Citation]
(Speaker Notes): This graph displays [Company Name]’s trading volume over the same period. Increased volume often indicates heightened market interest. For example, [Mention a period and explain what happened].