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[XI]: SUMMER VACATION PROJECT WORK

 Instructions:

Project Work:

General Instructions:

• The project carries 20 marks

• You are expected to spend at least 10 hours on research and 10 hours on pre-work

and creating a project file

• The project file is to be submitted on 8th July 2019.

• The project should be of 3,500-4,000 words (excluding diagrams and graphs). Use a 50 page project
book or spiral bind 50 loose A4-size white ruled sheets. No sheets with any designs or pictures to be
used.

• Assessment of the project will be done using the rubrics appended to the project

• You are strongly recommended to do a self-assessment based on the rubric before

submission

• Prepare a questionnaire for all your research visits, these questionnaires should be a part of your
project file

• For secondary data mention the source at appropriate places

• Project work should be handwritten

Learning Targets

I can:

• demonstrate the ways and means by which a project can be done.

• apply various statistical tools in analyzing a problem

• collect data related to a particular issue using primary and secondary sources

• give recommendations to solve various business and social issues

• design a research report

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Skills in Focus

• Data Collection and Analysis

• Application of Statistical tools

• Designing and Asking Questionnaire

Project Guidelines

The following steps should be followed while making the project:

• Choose an appropriate title for the project

• Explore the information relating to the title

• Collection of primary and secondary data on the topic (use of questionnaire is mandatory)

• Analyzing the data

• Presentation of data

• Using various statistical tools for interpreting the results

• Suggestions (if any)

• Bibliography

Topics for the project are as follows:

(Choose any one topic out of the following for your project work)

1. Women entrepreneurs can contribute significantly to the economic development of the country, but
their contribution has not been adequately studied and developed. Although it is challenging for both
men and women to start and sustain a successful business, women face unique challenges to self-
employment. Prepare a project report on the contribution of educated but unemployed women to the
economy, which goes unaccounted and mention the unique challenges they faced due to which they
were not able to become entrepreneurs.

2. Identify the types of marketing strategies used by the shop owners selling different products in your
localities. Collect information with respect to the cost spent by them on promotional activities and jump
in sales after such product promotion campaigns. Interpret the data and present the results through
tools of presentation of data.

3. Prepare a project report on the use of solar energy in India and do a cost-effective comparison with
conventional energy sources.

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4. Suppose you are the owner of an IPL team. You are about to participate in IPL bidding and keen on
bidding for 3 new players this season. Collect the past 3 years data on the performance of the 3 IPL
players you intend to bid on for creating a balanced team. Prepare a project report on your findings.

5. Assess the patterns of changing consumer awareness amongst the households in

your locality with respect to service charge and GST slab for various goods and services, through
methods of primary research and relate it to the latest consumer awareness programs introduced by the
Government. Prepare a project report on consumer awareness.

Project Rubric
CRITERIA OF BEGINNER AMATEUR PROFESSIONAL
FEEDBACK
(0-6 Marks) (6-8 Marks) (8-10 Marks)

1. Collection of Few samples collected Most samples collected All the samples collected
data through primary and through primary and through primary and
secondary data secondary data collection. secondary data collection.
collection.

2. Presentation Few presentation Some presentation A high level of

of data techniques used. techniques used. presentation techniques
used.

3. Conclusion Few conclusions drawn Some conclusion drawn and Excellent conclusion drawn
and with no or very less recommendations provided. and very practical
Recommendatio recommendations. recommendations
ns provided on the basis of
conclusions.

4. Use of Little or no use of Most of the content is latest Almost all of the content is
contemporary contemporary data. and relevant for the current latest and very relevant for
content project. the current project.

5. Quality of The various sections are Some effort has been put on All the sections are
Presentation not properly made. properly arranging various properly sequenced. Index
Index, bibliography and sections. and bibliography are
appendix not properly properly prepared.
prepared.

6. Graphical Very few relevant Some relevant graphs used All graphs used are
Representation graphs used, may or and support the content of relevant and support the
may not support the the report. content of the report.
content of the report.

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1 mark deduction for each day of late submission

Note: Plagiarized work will not be accepted

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