“Business analytics is used to process and analyze data and information to support a story
or a narrative of the company’s business as well as proposes the question of what makes our
business profitable (Lind, 2019 p 13)?” Computer software is used to organize and analyze the
findings of statistical analysis. Presenting data in graphs is important to portraying statistics so
that the data is easier to comprehend. The data presented were figures from the past; when
predicting what will happen in the future is the probability that is represented by a numerical
value (Lind, 2019 p 119). The data that was collected represents Amazon’s stock prices over one
full year. The graphs include Amazon’s daily high, daily low, adjusted closing price, and stock
volume. The adjusted price is adjusted for both dividends and splits. As with any shared
company the Amazon’s stock fluctuated over the year. Amazon’s stock is strong in the market
and the organization has a large volume.
Running Head: Using Analytic Techniques to Add Meaning to Data
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Graphical Representations of Data
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Amazon's Highest Stock Price
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