MINI PROJECT

OF

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & KNOWLEDGE

MANAGEMENT

ON

HOUSING DATA ANALYSIS & PROVIDING

SOLUTIONS TO THE UNDEVELOPED STATE USING
IBM COGNOS
By

SACHIN S KATIYAR
1827862
Under the Guidance of

Dr. Lakshmi Iyer

CHRIST Institute of Management

Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

JULY 2019
Introduction:

‘Household’ is defined to be a basic residential unit in which economic

production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out.
The classification of ‘household’ is broader than the classification of ‘family’,
since family refers only to a group of people related by blood or marriage such as parents and
their children only.

A ‘Household Survey’ is the process of collecting and analyzing data to help us understand
the general situation and specific characteristics of individual household or all households in
the population. During a household survey, field researchers investigate and record facts,
observations and experiences from the sample households which are representative of all
households in the study area. Tools used for collecting data include a series of questions,
observation checklists and records of discussions.

Nowadays household surveys are conducted in almost every country and territory. They are
conducted either periodically, such as annually, biennially or once in every three or every
fifth year, or on an ad-hoc schedule as required. There are different types of household
surveys . Here the Housing data is about Families Number of household members listed,
Wealth index factor score 5 decimals, Total children ever born, Sons at home, Daughters at
home, Sons elsewhere Daughters elsewhere, Marital status, Age in 5year_groups State, Type
of place of residence, Highest educational level, Highest year of education, Household has
electricity, Household has motorcyclescooter, Household has car, Religion, Has telephone,
Literacy, Wealth index.
Problem statement

To find out which state need to be developed more based on different measures.

Objective:
 To find out which state has more no of poor people and of what age group they
belong to.
 To find which state has more no of persons at home and has no electricity and
whether they belong to Urban areas or Rural Areas
 To find out which state has more population of Higher Education

Table and Schema:

OLAP is considered as optimum solution for analysis of the situation. Various

dimensions and measures from the data base are identified and the fact table is build
based on same.

Dimensions:
 State
 Type of place of residence
 Wealth index
 Highest educational level

Measures:
 Number of household members listed
 Total children ever born
 Current age respondent

Based on the mentioned dimensions and the measures a fact table is build using the Star
Schema.
STATE ( P K ) Wealth Index (P K )

Sons_at_home Wealth_index_factor_score_5_decimals

Daughters_at_home Household_has_motorcyclescooter

Sons_elsewhere Household_has_car

Marital_status

FACT TABLE

STATE (F K )

Wealth Index (F K )

Highest Education Level (F K )

Type of resident (F K )

Number of household members

listed
Total children ever born
Current age respondent

Type of resident ( P K )
Highest Education Level ( P K )
Age
Literacy
Age_in_5year_groups
Highest_year_of_education
Analysis of Data using IBM Cognos:

 State vs more no of poor people and of what age group they belong to:

In the following Table we can easily see that out of 4 states the more no of poor people belongs to bihar
of age group 20-40. Andhra Pradesh has the highest no of Rich population and people of age group 20-24
from Andhra Pradesh are Richest.
 State vs population of No education

From the following Line Graph we can see the out of 36,185 people 14,1 59 belongs to Bihar
which has no education . Higher education is more in Andhra Pradesh and least in Bihar and
Assam
  Find which state has more no of persons at home and has no electricity in Urban
areas or Rural Areas

In the CHART its visible tat in both Urban & Rural areas Bihar has the Max Household member
which don’t have electricity in their house. Surprisingly, in most of the Urban area also Bihar has
no electricity.
  State vs Total children ever born in Urban & Rural Areas

The purpose of this is to compare the education level with total children in a family. In Rural
Areas Bihar has the highest no of total children at home and it also has highest no of no education
people .
  State vs Household has motorcycle or scooter in Urban & Rural Areas

In Rural areas Bihar & Assam has the most population with no Motorcycle or scooter at home. On
the other hand in Urban areas Andhra Pradesh has more population who doesn’t own a scooter.

 State vs Household has car in Urban & Rural Areas

In Rural areas very less people own a car and Bihar has the Max population which doesn’t own a
car are from Bihar. But in Urban area Andhra Pradesh has Max population who doesn’t own a car.

 State vs wealth index & marital status

In the Pie Chart Poor Families belongs to Married women from Bihar & divorced from
Andhra Pradesh.
Recommendation & Findings :

Findings:
 More no of poor people are from Bihar of age group 20-40.
 People with No education are Maximum in Bihar and with higher Education are from
Andhra Pradesh.
 In both Urban and Rural areas Bihar has the Max members in a family which don’t
have electricity in their house.
 Maximum number of Families in Rural Areas of Bihar doesn’t own a car or a scooter
& in Urban Areas Andhra Pradesh has less Number of Families who own a car or
scooter
 Married women are more likely to fall under poor Category in Bihar & Divorced
women in Andhra pradesh

Recommendations:
After comparing all the states Bihar is lagging behind of all. More employment should be
given in the Rural Areas . More no of Schools and colleges should be made and govt should
make people aware about importance of Education. Employment, Food and other benefits be
given to Married and divorced women as they Fall under Poor category.

Conclusion:
IBM Cognos helped by providing fair insight on Housing data through multi
dimensions and providing solutions to the undeveloped state. Through IBM Cognos it is
possible to drill down the data for all categories to the lowest level, which helped to identify
the problem and take necessary measures.

IBM Cognos is very useful tool for analysing huge amount of data. It helps Managers
to make appropriate decisions based on understanding the data in different dimensions. Multi
– dimensional perspective of data helps in identifying the exact reasons for problem and even
helps to find solutions. Cognos is able to provide insights about States based on Wealth
index, Literacy, Marital Status. We can now provide solutions to the firm or govt bodies
based on the Insights we Draw from the Graphs and Charts.