Altair Monarch Learning Series 2023 Exercise 4 Solution: Healthcare Contract Labor Costs

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edited September 2023 in Altair RapidMiner

Exercise Info

  • Application (Classic vs Data Prep Studio): Data Prep Studio
  • Level of Difficulty (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced): Beginner
  • Skills/Features Tested: Append, Unpivot, GroupBy, Analyze
  • Systems of Record: Not Applicable
  • Estimated Time to Solve: 10 mins
  • Exercise files required are attached
    • Vendor 1.xlsx
    • Vendor 2.xlsx
    • Vendor 3.xlsx

Exercise Overview

You are a new Financial Analyst at a Healthcare System, and the Budget and Planning Manager has asked you combine and streamline data from 3 different Contract Labor Vendors to answer the following questions:

  1. What is the Total Expenditure on Contract Labor Across the 3 Vendors?
  2. What Contract Labor Position is the most expensive?
  3. Which site (ICU, NICU, SURGERY, LAB, ER) spent the most on Contract Labor?

Exercise Answer

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