Research ProjectInstructions 

Choose 2 operating systems

not studied in this class (not Windows, Mac, Linux)
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_operating_systems
Research your 2 chosen operating systems

(do not use Wikipedia for research beyond choosing your topics form the list linked)
comparing and analyzing them for 5 data sets in your research   
for example research data sets comparing:

OS minimum hardware requirements
# OS versions
# OS lines of code
# applications that run on the OS
# OS hours uptime for server OS
# OS security exploits reported
OS cost of ownership
OS market share growth
Interest in OS over time, region… (Google Trends https://www.google.com/trends/)
Compare OS Time Series… (Google Correlate https://www.google.com/trends/correlate/)
Google Books OS Ngram Viewer (https://books.google.com/ngrams)
…
Submit an Excel spreadsheet (.xls or .xlsx):

comparing 2 operating systems and
analyzing 5 data sets in your research
if you use a spreadsheet other than Excel (Numbers, Calc, Sheets)
save as .xls or .xlsx to submit for grading
Requirements and Rubric:

Search and use online tutorials for additional help with Excel

20 points: input 5 data sets for 2 operating systems
           Excel Help: Enter data manually in worksheet cells
 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Enter-data-manually-in-worksheet-cells-c798181d-d75a-41b1-92ad-6c0800f80038
10 points: format data with color to aid navigation
           Excel Help: Ways to format a worksheet
 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Ways-to-format-a-worksheet-d5efbdb5-b79b-475a-8c56-99aad944b030
10 points: minimum 1 formula (without Excel functions)
           Excel Help: Create a simple formula
 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-simple-formula-fde7e373-a08d-4cf7-b201-448208385e7a
10 points: minimum 1 formula (with Excel functions)
           Excel Help: Excel functions
 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Excel-functions-alphabetical-b3944572-255d-4efb-bb96-c6d90033e188
20 points: minimum of 2 different charts (pie, bar, line…) comparing data sets
           Excel Help: Create a chart from start to finish
 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-chart-from-start-to-finish-0baf399e-dd61-4e18-8a73-b3fd5d5680c2?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US#__toc255902081
10 points: charts appropriately tiled and labeled
           Excel Help: Add or remove titles or data labels
 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-a-chart-from-start-to-finish-0baf399e-dd61-4e18-8a73-b3fd5d5680c2
10 points: Summary of the significance of the data analysis
 (minimum 5 sentences formatted in the Excel worksheet, -1 per spelling/grammar error)
                Excel Help: Change line spacing           
 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Change-line-spacing-8690fcda-1a4c-41fe-bf43-439f7c5d3c7a

    10 points: minimum of 5 APA formatted sources (in the Excel worksheet)

           Purdue APA Style Guide
 https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/