1. Business 205

2. Review Distributions Means, Medians, Modes Variance Standard Deviation

3. Preview Parts of a Business Proposal Literature Review Milestone #2

4. Business Proposals 1. Cover Page 2. Executive Summary Problem Solution Findings Bottom Line (COST!!!) 3. Table of Contents 1. Graphs/Illustrations 2. Tables/Figures

5. Business Proposal Team Information (optional) Body of the Paper Propose the problem Why should we care? Literature Review Backing the Problem Hypotheses Study Proposal Methods Section

6. Business Proposal Results Conclusions Reference Page Appendices

7. Cover Page Title of Report Prepared for Names of People Perfume by Design Prepared for: Dr. Broneck Prepared by: Member A Member B Member C

8. Executive Summary Problem Solution Findings Bottom Line (COST!!!) MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET! Cannot write this until ALL of the report is complete!!! Perfumes by Design In an ever demanding market for personal beauty, through a survey of 10,000 women (Vogue, 2005) 98% of women are wanting to create their own identity through scent. A study was conducted and found that 90% of all women surveyed would create and buy such a perfume if given the chance. The implementation of creating a this product is $1.5 million and will take 2 years to design and implement a website.

9. Table of Contents Make sure in your report you number EVERY PAGE Cover Page and Executive Summary are normally NOT numbered in Business Proposals. Instead, Exec Sums have “i” or “ii” depending on placement Each Section Heading should appear Table of Contents page is numbered “1” Table of Contents Executive Summary……i Table of Illustrations…….2 Table of Figures…………3 Introduction…………….4 Literature Review………4 Hypotheses…………….5 Conclusion…………….10 References……………11 Appendix A: Title……..15

10. Graphs/Illustrations Each Graph and Illustration used gets listed separately Table of Illustrations Illustration Title 1.1…….8 Illustration Title 2.6…….9

11. Figures Each Figure and Table used gets listed separately Table of Figures Figure Title 1.1…….8 Figure Title 2.6…….9

12. Team Information (optional) Blurb about your skills as a team or individual, mission statement, pictures, bios Establishes credibility of presenters Team Bios We operate under the mission statement, “XXX” and believe that all business dealings can benefit from statistical analyses….

13. Literature Reviews What this section does: Propose a problem Find information discussing what is happening and what is being done Propose new information on how this fits into the “solution” you are seeking Needs credible citations Makes an logical argument for what you are going to do

14. Literature Reviews What this section doesn’t do: Don’t summarize or outline 5 articles Don’t get all information off of the internet Isn’t just a paragraph

15. Body of the Paper Title of Report Background of Problem Why it is a problem No more than 1 page in length Topic 1 Literature review Perfume by Design A growing number of people….problem is, everyone wants a different smell…Would it be profitable to have others create their own scent. Past Perfume Research According to CNN (2005), there are over 60 new perfumes each year.….

16. Literature Review Citations Internal Citations Author (year) According to a recent Gallop Poll (2004), 58% of all Americans like perfume. External Citations (Author, year) The majority of Americans like perfume (Gallop Poll, 2004).

17. Using the Library at PCC www.pima.edu/library Find information on MLA and APA styles Find online journal articles Find online credible internet sites Find online credible current statistics Find information on Fortune 500 Companies

18. Milestone #2 Research at least 10 articles pertaining to the topics of interest and write a literature review in regards to these articles. Each team member brought in 1 article pertaining to the topic. Identify what IVs and DVs you want to study Find the results of the article on IVs and DVs