Background Information HOMEWORK INSTRUCTIONS Every year from June 1 to November 30 is hurricane season in the United States. Rescue relief agencies such as FEMA and the Red Cross are ready to assist when a hurricane comes ashore. Unfortunately, hurricanes cause billions of dollars of damage every year, and deaths are not unusual. The National Weather Service makes its best guess as to when and where the storm will hit. Due to constraints on technology and the overall unpredictable nature of weather, however, damage is often inevitable. Problem Statement In this assignment, students will explore data about hurricanes and related storms from 1950 onward. Using the tools available, predictions can be made about the cost of a hurricane if it makes landfall. Instructions IMPORTANT: This assignment requires the Windows version of Microsoft Office. IMPORTANT: Complete the steps below in the order they are given. Completing the steps out of order may complicate the assignment or result in an incorrect result. 1. Download and extract the provided Data Files ZIP file. It contains the following files for use in this assignment: a. cpifactors.xml Listing of Consumer Price Index adjustment factors [1]. Table: CPIFactors Field Name Type Description HurricaneYear Number Primary key. Year of CPI adjustment factor. CPIFactor Number CPI adjustment factor for 2011-valued dollars. b. hurricanescale.xml - Information on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale [3]. Table: HurricaneScale Field Name Type Description CategoryAbbrv Short Text Primary key. Abbreviation for the category. CategoryName Short Text Full name of the category (e.g., Tropical Storm, Category 3 Hurricane ). LowerWindSpeed Number The lower bound wind speed for a storm of this category. UpperWindSpeed Number The upper bound wind speed for a storm of this category. Page 1 of 9 Version 9.18
c. hurricanes.xml Statistics on hurricanes from 1950 to 2011 [2]. Table: Hurricanes Field Name Type Description HurricaneID AutoNumber Primary key. Unique identifier for the hurricane. HurricaneName Short Text Name given to the storm. HurricaneYear Number Year the storm took place. StartDate Date Date the storm developed. EndDate Date Date the storm diminished. MaxCategoryAbbrv Short Text Maximum category as which the storm was classified on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. MaxWindSpeed Number Maximum wind speed recorded for the storm. MinPressure Number Minimum air pressure recorded for the storm. Deaths Number Number of deaths attributed to the storm. Damage Currency Estimated damage caused in the United States. RetiredName Yes/No If yes, this storm resulted in the hurricane name being retired. d. hurricanes.rtf Report text file to format in Word. e. hurricane.png Image of a hurricane for use in PowerPoint. Microsoft Access Portion 2. Begin by creating a new Microsoft Access database named lastname_firstname_hw6_hdp.accdb. 3. Import the following items into the database: a. cpifactors.xml file Import structure and data into a new table. b. hurricanes.xml file Import structure and data into a new table. c. hurricanescale.xml file Import structure and data into a new table. 4. Create the appropriate relationships for the following tables. Enforce referential integrity, but do not enable cascade updates or cascade deletes. a. Hurricanes and HurricaneScale b. Hurricanes and CPIFactors Page 2 of 9 Version 9.18
5. Create separate queries to provide the information requested below. Name each query after the step in which it appears (e.g., name the query in Step 5a as Query5A). HINT: Run your queries to test them. Make sure that they display all and only the records that you would expect to appear. a. Create a query to display statistics on each hurricane. List the hurricane name, year, start date, and number of deaths. Also, include a field to calculate the estimated damage in inflation-adjusted 2011 dollars. You can calculate the estimated damage in inflation-adjusted 2011 dollars using the formula: [Hurricanes. Damage] [CPIFactors. CPIFactor] Format the calculated field as currency with no decimal places. Sort by start date in ascending order. HINT: This query will show 686 records and 5 fields. b. We wish to summarize statistics on the most powerful hurricanes. Create a query listing, for each year and storm category, the number of hurricanes, total number of deaths, and total cost of damage. Only include records for Category 4 Hurricanes and Category 5 Hurricanes. Format the total cost of damage as currency with no decimal places. HINT: This query will show 53 records and 5 fields. c. We would like to generate statistics on retired hurricane names. Copyand-paste this SQL code into a new query: SELECT Hurricanes.HurricaneYear, (Count(HurricaneName)-Retired) AS [Non-Retired], Sum(IIf(RetiredName,1,0)) AS Retired FROM Hurricanes GROUP BY Hurricanes.HurricaneYear ORDER BY Hurricanes.HurricaneYear; IMPORTANT: Do not make any modifications to this query other than entering the above SQL code. HINT: This query will show 62 records and 3 fields. Page 3 of 9 Version 9.18
d. We need to gather statistics on all our recorded hurricanes. Copy-andpaste this SQL code into a new query: SELECT Hurricanes.HurricaneName, Hurricanes.HurricaneYear, Hurricanes.StartDate, Hurricanes.EndDate, HurricaneScale.CategoryName, Hurricanes.MaxWindSpeed, Hurricanes.MinPressure, Hurricanes.Deaths, Hurricanes.Damage FROM HurricaneScale INNER JOIN Hurricanes ON HurricaneScale.[CategoryAbbrv] = Hurricanes.[MaxCategoryAbbrv] ORDER BY Hurricanes.StartDate; IMPORTANT: Do not make any modifications to this query other than entering the above SQL code. HINT: This query will show 686 records and 9 fields. 6. Run the Compact and Repair Database utility on your database. Ignore any errors you receive when running the utility. Microsoft Excel Portion 7. Create a new Microsoft Excel workbook named lastname_firstname_hw6_hdp.xlsx. 8. We must adjust the sheets in our workbook. a. Rename Sheet1 to Retired Names. b. Add a new sheet named Hurricanes. 9. Import the following items into the workbook: a. Query5C query from the Microsoft Access database: Import as a table starting in cell A1 of the Retired Names sheet. b. Query5D query from the Microsoft Access database: Import as a table starting in cell A1 of the Hurricanes sheet. 10. We would like to create a chart to display information on the retired hurricane names. Create a new 2-D clustered column chart based on cells A1 through C63 of the Retired Names sheet. Move the chart to a new sheet named Retired Names Chart. Ensure the years are shown as labels for the horizontal (category) axis, not plotted as chart data. Specify appropriate chart and axis titles. Format the vertical (value) axis as a number with 1 decimal place. Page 4 of 9 Version 9.18
11. To better understand our data, we wish to create a PivotTable. a. Create a new PivotTable based on the data in cells A1 through I687 of the Hurricanes sheet. Place the PivotTable on a new sheet named Hurricanes PivotTable. b. On the PivotTable, do the following: i. Add the year as a Rows field. ii. iii. Add the category name as a Columns field. Add the deaths as a Values field. c. There is nothing to do for this step. Please proceed to the next step. Microsoft Word Portion 12. Create a new Microsoft Word document named lastname_firstname_hw6_hdp.docx. 13. At the beginning of the document, insert a cover page using either of the builtin Sideline or Whisp styles. On the cover page, include the information noted below. a. Company: The words Computer Science 101 Section followed by the section number in which you are enrolled. b. Title: Hurricanes c. Subtitle: Causes, Effects, and Classification d. Author: Your first and last name. e. Date: The current date. 14. Add a second page if one does not already exist. On it, insert the contents of the hurricanes.rtf file. NOTE: The inserted text contains instructions (inside of <> symbols) for use in formatting the document. You should remove these instructions once you have applied the specified formatting. 15. Where indicated, include the chart from the Retired Names Chart sheet in your Microsoft Excel workbook. Size the chart to be 4-inches high by 6.5-inches wide. Add a caption for the chart. 16. Where indicated, insert a new equation using the Microsoft Word equation tool representing the formula below. Your formula must identically reproduce: Damage Deaths Page 5 of 9 Version 9.18
17. At the end of the document, we wish to create a bibliography page. a. Define the following sources as references for your report. i. Type: Web site ii. iii. Name of web page: Weather Underground Home Page Name of web site: Weather Underground Date: November 8, 2008 Date accessed: November 8, 2008 URL: http://www.weatherunderground.com Type: Web site Name of web page: USAToday.com Name of web site: USA Today Date: May 17, 2005 Date accessed: November 8, 2008 URL: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/whscale.htm Type: Book Author: Douglas Brinkley Title: The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Year: 2006 City: New York City Publisher: HarperCollins b. Where indicated on the last page, insert a Bibliography-style bibliography using an APA style. 18. We must finish formatting our document. a. Apply the formatting and changes to your report text as specified by the included comments. Remove the included comments from your document once you have applied the required formatting. b. Ensure your document conforms to the following requirements: i. Modify the Normal formatting style to specify Verdana 11-point as the default font. Page 6 of 9 Version 9.18
ii. HOMEWORK INSTRUCTIONS In the right-hand corner of the header on all pages after the cover page, list your last name followed by the page number. The page number should begin at 1 on the first actual page of text (the page after the cover page). iii. The first line of your text paragraphs should be indented by 0.5- inch. Do not indent the cover page, headings, images, captions, equations, or bibliography. iv. Except on the cover page, use double line spacing. v. Ensure there is no (0-point) line spacing before and after each paragraph except on the cover page. vi. Use 1.0-inch margins on all sides. Microsoft PowerPoint Portion 19. Create a new Microsoft PowerPoint presentation named lastname_firstname_hw6_hdp.pptx. 20. In the presentation, create the following slides: a. Title Slide-type slide listing a title for the presentation, your name, course section, and an automatically updating date. b. Title and Content-type slide titled Retired Hurricane Names. Add the chart from the Retired Names Chart sheet of your Microsoft Excel workbook to the content area of the slide. 21. Create Title and Content-type slides to answer four of the five analysis questions below. Respond to one question per slide. Title each slide with the name of the question being answered (e.g., "Question A"). a. The Hurricanes PivotChart chart reveals several spikes in deaths during the early 1960s, 1970s and late 1990s. Identify the key hurricanes that comprise the majority of these spikes. b. Why do most hurricanes form during the so-called Hurricane Season, lasting from June 1 to November 30? c. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a method of measuring the intensity of a hurricane based on maximum wind speed. Is the Saffir- Simpson category of a hurricane, as determined by its maximum wind speed, a good predictor of the damages it will cause? Why or why not? d. Hurricane detection and tracking tools have become significantly more sophisticated over the last 50 years of hurricane history. Give examples of at least two technologies that have improved hurricane detection and tracking. Page 7 of 9 Version 9.18
e. Are there any weather or climate phenomena associated with increased hurricane activity? Explain your answer. 22. We wish to apply formatting to the presentation. Use your best judgment to create a professional-looking presentation. a. Apply one slide design of your choice to all slides. b. Apply an animation of your choice to the Retired Hurricane Names chart. c. Apply slide transitions of your choice to all slides. d. Edit the parent (top-most) slide master to add the hurricane.png image to the bottom left corner of the slides. Size the image to be 0.5-inches high by 0.5-inches wide. NOTE: Depending on the slide design used, the image may not appear on title slides. This is acceptable as long as the image is correctly added to the slide master. e. Add your name, an automatically updating date, and the slide number to the footer of all slides except the title slide. Assignment Requirements You must submit all four files (Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word) for this assignment. Grading Rubric This assignment is worth 50 points. It will be graded by your instructor using this rubric, with partial credit awarded as appropriate: Step 3 2 points Step 14 2.5 points Step 4 1.5 points Step 15 1.5 points Steps 5a-b 2.5 points each Step 16 1.5 points Steps 5c-d 1 points each Steps 17a-b 2.5 points total Steps 8a-b 1 points total Steps 18a-b 3.5 points total Steps 9a-b 1.5 points total Steps 20a-b 2.5 points total Step 10 3 points Steps 21a-e (pick 4 of 5) 2.5 points each Steps 11a-c 5 points total Steps 22a-e 2.5 points total Steps 13a-e 2.5 points total Page 8 of 9 Version 9.18
The analysis questions in Steps 21a-e will be evaluated using this rubric: Standard Answer is reasonable. Answer is supported. Meets Requirements (1.25 points) Answer addresses the question prompt and is factually correct or a reasonable interpretation of available data. Logical rationale is provided to support the given answer. Does Not Meet Requirements (0 points) Answer does not address the question prompt, is factually incorrect, or is an unreasonable interpretation of available data. Logical rationale is not provided to support the given answer. Acknowledgments The image in the introduction appears courtesy of NASA [4]. References [1] Consumer Price Index (CPI), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Available: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/. [2] Hurricane and Tropical Cyclones, Weather Underground. Available: http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/hurrarchive.asp. [3] Saffir Simpson hurricane wind scale, Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Oct. 01, 2015. Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=saffir%e2%80%93simpson_hurrica ne_wind_scale&oldid=683683350. Accessed: Oct. 01, 2015. [4] J. Schmaltz, Hurricane Katrina: August 28, 2005. 2005. Available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/file:hurricane_katrina_august_28_2005_ NASA.jpg. Page 9 of 9 Version 9.18