Option #2: A Research Paper in Prediction/Forecasting Using the topic(s) you've chosen in Module 4 Portfolio Project Milestone, continue and finish the project

Option #2: A Research Paper in Prediction/Forecasting

Using the topic(s) you've chosen in Module 4 Portfolio Project Milestone, continue and finish the project.

As an example, "What are the factors that may affect the gasoline price at the pump in the US?  How can we make gasoline price predictions?"  To answer such questions, examine what has been found in the literature using scholarly citations.  Below is an example of scholarly citation. 

Liddle, B. (2009). Long-run relationship among transport demand, income, and gasoline price for the US. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 14(2), 73-82.

Use APA-style references wherever necessary to support your findings and discussions. See the MIS Library Guide (Links to an external site.) for access to relevant databases and research.

At a minimum, the report must contain the following:

1. A relevant title.

2. An abstract giving the overview of the whole study.

3. A body describing the dataset, method, and results from the method by using your dataset. (A list of public datasets is provided here.)

4. Conclusion/Discussion summarizing the study.

5. At least 10 academic scholarly citations excluding blogs and personal or commercial websites.

The written report must be 10-12 pages long, including a title page and reference page (the report itself should be 8-10 pages).  It should have an introduction stating the problem definition or questions, a body that contains the supporting analysis (including descriptive and graphical summaries using R), and a conclusion paragraph that addresses your findings.  Cite academic sources other than the textbook, course materials, or other information provided as part of the course materials. Follow APA format, according to CSU Global Writing Center.