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Essay Assignment 1: Review the strategic integration section.  Note what strategic integration is and how it ties to the implementation of technology within an organization.

Essay Assignment 2: Review the information technology roles and responsibilities section.  Note how IT is divided based on operations and why this is important to understand within an organization.

The above assignment should be two pages in length (one page for each question) and adhere to APA formatting standards.

In this assignment, you are going to visit the Google Web Analytics Demo site. Please follow these steps:

1. Be sure to have a Google email account this makes it much easier. Create free Google email account here. ( https://accounts.google.com/signup/v2/webcreateaccount?service=mail&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail%2F%3Fpc%3Dtopnav-about-en&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=SignUp )
2. Go to the link below and read the simple instructions to access the Google Analytics Demo site at this link. You will see the link named “ACCESS DEMO ACCOUNT”      (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6367342?hl=en )
3. Review the document above and go to the demo account “ACCESS DEMO ACCOUNT”:
4. You will be asked for your Google email account information to access the demo.
5. Once in the Google Analytics Demo, review the many areas and explore, check out the blue boxes when you first enter, they will be helpful. Now explore the many data metrics.
6. Create a summary Word Document of your experience in the setup, how easy or hard was it to you. Take at least three (3) screenshots of the Google Analytics pages to attach to the summary.

Please submit a Word Doc with your answers, in 500 words or more, and use references in support of your answers.

 consider this statement: For cloud computing to become multi-jurisdictional, it must be separated from politics.  Include at least 3 quotes from your sources enclosed in quotation marks and cited in-line by reference to your reference list.  Example: “words you copied” (citation) These quotes should be one full sentence not altered or paraphrased. Cite your sources using APA format. Use the quotes in your paragaphs 

Welcome to your sixth week discussion.

The chart you select to represent your data will be influenced by many factors. Kirk (2016) has put each chart into the five main families below:

•             Categorical: Comparing categories and distributions of quantities values

•             Hierarchical: Charting part-to-whole relationships and hierarchies

•             Relational: Graphing relationships to explore correlations and connections

•             Temporal: Showing trends and activities over time

•             Spatial: Mapping spatial patterns through overlays and distortions

Select a chart type from the text and discuss what the chart is used for and why you selected it. (The author has included a lot of different chart types in our course book)

Please make sure you have an initial post (about 200 words) and a comment/post to one of your friends’ posts.

Discuss the team dynamics for a highly effective or ineffective team of which you were a member. Can you explain why the team performed so well or so poorly? 

Response should be in 250 words. Indicate at least one source or reference in APA format.

Compare and contrast predictive analytics with prescriptive and descriptive analytics. Use examples.

At least 250 words

2 References

APA formatting

plagiarism report 

Many people think of the Internet as separate from the physical world. This is simply not the case–crime on the Internet is closely tied to crime in the physical world. There are a couple of reasons for this cautionary note. A crime on the Internet usually reflects a crime in the physical world, with human perpetrators. and victims and should be treated with the same gravity. To neglect the very real and direct link between people and the online activities that involve them limits one’s ability to investigate and understand crimes with an online component.

Students think about the impact of auction and check fraud in this modern era of digital shopping. This about how a combination of evidence from the virtual and physical worlds is used to apprehend a criminal.

MSDF-630: Case Study

Case Example inspired by a case in (Casey, 2011)

A buyer on Amazon complained to police that he sent payment to a seller but received no merchandise. The seller requested that the buyer also send a cashier’s check for shipping and additional costs. Over a period of weeks, several dozen similar reports were made to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center against the same seller. To hide his identity, the seller used a Gmail account for online communications and several mail drops to receive checks. Logs obtained from Gmail revealed that the seller was accessing the Internet through a subsidiary of AT&T. When served with a subpoena, AT&T disclosed the suspect’s Google account and associated address, credit card, and telephone numbers. Investigators also obtained information from the suspect’s bank with a subpoena to determine that the cashier’s checks from the buyers had been deposited into the suspect’s bank account. A subpoena to Amazon for customer order history and complaints and supporting evidence from each of the buyers helped corroborate direct connections between the suspect and the fraudulent activities. Employees at each mail drop recognized a photograph of the suspect obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles. A subpoena to the credit card number and a search of real estate property indicated where he conducted most of his fraud. A 3rd company revealed the suspect’s Social Security the suspect’s name turned up an alternate residence the opportunity to uncover crimes in the physical Internet.

Question 1 – Following the Cybertrail

Comment on the interconnectedness of the digital world. To what extent does cyber-criminal have anonymity in their transactions? Be detailed in your response. 

Question 2 – Following the Cybertrail

By what means of your expertise in MSDF-630 provide a critical forensic investigation approach that will play a key role in protecting consumers in this scenario from digital fraud such as this?

The requirements are listed in attachments. 

Complete the assignment below using Microsoft Excel.

You have been hired by an engineering firm needing a senior level data analyst. Upon accepting this position, your supervisor has a variety of data analysis task for you to complete using PMT and What-IF-Analysis functions. In this process, your supervisor wants you to complete all steps below:

1. Open a new Microsoft Excel workbook and rename any sheet tab of choice to “My Car” or “My Truck.”
2. Use the illustration and further steps below to set up and format your worksheet.

1. Merge and center cells A1 and I1 and then enter a title “My Car” or “My Truck.”
2. Using a color of choice, fill in cells C3 through I10 and in this colored region, include any picture of choice to represent a car or truck of choice. Nicely format and place this picture within this area.
3. Then from cell A4 through A10, enter the following labels:
   1. Purchase Price
   2. Down Payment
   3. Trade-in
   4. Amount Financed
   5. Term of loan (in years)
   6. Annual Interest Rate
   7. Monthly Payment
4. Then from cell B4 through B6, enter a purchase price, down payment, and trade-in value of choice. Then create a formula to calculate amount financed in cell B7. For example, a formula to use in this case would be “=B4-(B5+B6)”.
5. Then from cell B8 through B9, enter the term of loan in years and an interest rate of choice. Then use a PMT function to determine the monthly payment in cell B10. For example, a formula to use in this case for cell B10 would be “=-PMT(B9/12,B8*12,B7)”.
6. The illustration below will offer more support on input of all required formulas along with sample data input:

1. Once all data and calculations are working, do any other housekeeping to include professional format of choice to enhance presentation of data.
2. Repeat steps 4 through 12 creating another similar model for a house of choice and place this loan analysis model in the same workbook but in a new worksheet naming the worksheet “My Home.”
3. Once both PMT_Models are complete, go back to My Car or My Truck worksheet and use the illustration below and further enhance the loan analysis using What-IF-Analysis.

1. In cell A12, type the label Annual Interest Rate. Then merge and center cells B12 through I12 and enter the label Term of Loan (in years).
2. In cell A13, equal this to cell reference B10. Fill this cell with a color of choice and use the same color for the text color to hide this value.
3. Starting with cell A14 and ending with A35, enter some interest rates. Make sure data is centered and formatted as a percentage.
4. Starting with cell B13 through I13, enter some additional term of loan options in years and make sure data is centered.
5. Using your mouse, select all cells in the range from A13 through I35. Then select the data tab and then the What-If-Analysis tool. From the What-If-Analysis options select Data Table. At this point, a small dialog window will appear asking for Row and Column input cells. For the Row Input, select the value associated with years in the loan which would be an absolute reference as $B$8. For the Column Input, select the value associated with interest rate which would be an absolute reference as $B$9. 
6. To get a better understanding of the purpose and uses of the What-If-Analysis, be sure to explore www.youtube.com and the keywords “Microsoft Excel What-If-Analysis” to see additional demonstrations.
7. Once all data and calculations are working, do any other housekeeping to include professional format of choice to enhance presentation of data. Below is an illustration of what your My Car or My Truck worksheet will look similar too:

1. Repeat steps 11 through 18 creating another similar What-IF-Analysis model for the My House worksheet.
2. Save and be sure the name of the Microsoft Excel Workbook is “M7_YourLastName”.

Assignment Expectations

Structure and Format: Follow all 20 steps using ideally Microsoft Excel.

File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example, “RHall Assignment 1.xlsx”)

Discussion 4.1

Describe the difference between using Statistics and using Summarize functions on a field.

DISCUSSION ANSWER should be at least 100 words with References.

ASSIGNMENT 1:
I. SHORT ANSWERS Limit your answer to no more than 10-20 words

1. Explain the difference between attribute data and spatial data and give an example of each. Do we need to input both data to GIS? Explain your answer

2. Even with the increasing availability of digital sources, why might one still consider tracing from paper sources for a GIS project?

3. What is the difference between “spatial entities” and “continuous fields”? When we use an entity- based approach and a field-based approach. Give examples.

4. Name four DISADVANTAGES of raster data structure (name more for extra points)

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5. Describe how would you create a new ArcGIS layer of the rivers (rivers.lyr), that go through three states: Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania?

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6. Describe the steps in reclassifying the generic map of Virginia to the map of population. What steps do you need to do? What layers/data do you need for this?

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II. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

 Check or circle the correct answer. 

1. In the World of GIS, another term for the spatial feature (object) is:

 Entity
 Topology
 Attribute
 Raster Grids

2. Which of the following is the example of non-spatial data?

 The number of rooms in an office building
 The path of a highway between two cities
 The vegetation patterns
 The location of supermarkets in Fairfax, VA

3. Which of the following are NOT the advantages of vector data structure?

 Compact data structure
 Accurate graphic representation  Overlay analysis is easy
 Network analysis is easy

III. TRUE AND FALSE QUESTIONS Mark with T=True or F=False the following statements

1. Today success or failure with GIS depends more on technology, but not on the conceptual models of

space

TRUE FALSE

2. GIS analyst spends much more time on creation than on verification a model

 TRUE FALSE

3. In a GIS attribute information and spatial information are linked to each other 

TRUE FALSE

4. Spatial environmental surface analysis and modeling is easy with CAD systems 

TRUE FALSE

5. When you select the spatial feature on a map in ArcGIS, the attribute information about the same feature has to be found and selected separately

TRUE FALSE