MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN FINANCE YEAR ONE

QUANTITATIVE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 1

COURSEWORK 2

NAME: NIKUMRWOTH GLORIA

REG NO:19/U/8060/PS

QUESTION ONE:

a) Before information is shared in reports, it is in a raw stage known as data. What do you
understand by the term data explaining the various forms it can take up.

Data is a selection of ideas collected together for a particular purpose analysis.

Various forms data takes up.

Qualitative data. This type of data describes certain things and cannot be measured. For
example an interview conducted between two people.

Quantitative data. This is data that can be measured and takes up a number. This data can take
up two forms, discrete and continuous.

Primary data. This is data collected for the first time for the problem at hand.

Secondary data. This is data that has already been collected for other purposes other than the
problem currently at hand.
b) Using examples, explain the various steps involved in data analysis and presentation.

Frame objectives and research. One should know what they are looking for or what exactly
they want. This will help one know the kind of data that needs to be collected. For example, a
sales manager of a firm the wants to know the progress of the sales of the firm will have to use
quantitative data.

Collect data from various sources. This data can be from graphs and charts.

Change the format of data to the desired format. This data can be changed from raw to data that
is ready for use. For example, a financial manager who needs the financial information of
different departments and it is in raw form must be formatted into discrete, continuous or any
other desired format.

Sort data through grouping discarding the extra data and deciding the required to make data
comprehensible. For example, an accountant at Coca cola company will leave out the discrete
data concerning that is not needed and use the needed.

Make charts and graphs. These help you to add visual part and analyze trends. An account at
century bottling company can use pie charts to visualize the sales and corresponding prices.

Analyze trends and relate the information to fulfil the objectives. For example, make references
and conclusion then report it.