Introduction:
In the first paragraph of this section, provide a brief overview of the analytical question you are trying to answer in this analysis. This entire report should be three to four pages, including tables and charts. Double spaced, one inch margins, Times New Roman, size 12 font.
In the second paragraph of this section, discuss the SAS tools and tasks that you used to complete the analysis, and identify the nature (origins, date, owner - the "meta data") of the data set you used for analysis.
In the third paragraph of this section, briefly summarize your findings, conclusions, and clearly communicate the impact or meaning of what you have discovered.
Issue Analysis:
In the first part of this section, briefly discuss your analysis plan. Make sure you identify the question that you are hoping to answer.
Data:
Discuss in detail your data, where it came from, how you cleaned it, etc. Provide a table with descriptive statistics from SAS.
Analysis:
In this section, discuss your analysis in detail. Include any relevant tables and charts. Do not change the margins, and make sure all graphics fit on the page and do not break across pages.
Conclusion:
In this section, clearly identify the analytical conclusion you have reached after your analysis of the data.Overview
In this section, summarize your introduction.
Remember that Power Point is a visual aid...
You are the presentation.
Please change the design, but keep the sections.
No more than seven bullets per slide.
Usually no more than seven words per line.
Issue Analysis
In this section, discuss your analysis plan...
In other words, how you planned to analyze your data set.
Remember, your presentation should take 5 to 10 minutes.
At 10 minutes, I am cutting you off.
DATA
Briefly discuss your data.
The meta data (where it came from, what it is about)
The descriptive statistics
Number of records
Number of attributes
Analysis
In this section, discuss your analysis in detail.
You need to convince me that you understood what you were doing.
You may use several slides for this section.
Include useful and relevant graphics that can help you tell your story.
The right picture is worth a thousands words.
What picture do you need me to see?