Assignment 1 provides students with an opportunity to develop and to apply sound statistical practice. This assessment task reinforces the concepts covered in lectures and the skills learned from the practical material. The assignment will be made available on iLearn two weeks prior to the due date. Submission is to be made through the iLearn turnitin link before the due date and time, more details will be made available in the assignment. Penalties apply for late submissions. Assignments submitted on Wednesday after the deadline incur a 5 mark penalty. Assignments submitted on Thursday incur a 10 mark penalty. Assignments submitted after Thursday will be awarded a mark of 0. Extensions will only be granted for cases in which an application for disruption to studies has been approved. 

Assignment 2 provides students with an opportunity to develop and to apply sound statistical practice. It reinforces the concepts covered in lectures and the skills learned from the practical material. This assignment requires students to use Minitab to analyse data using appropriate techniques and part of the assignment must be submitted in the form of a statistical report. The assignment will be made available on iLearn two weeks prior to the due date. Submission must be via the iLearn turnitin link only and details will be given in the assignment. Penalties apply for late submissions and are as for Assignment 1. Extensions will only be granted for cases in which an application for disruption to studies has been approved. 

The Class Test will be held in week 8. Students within the greater Sydney area are required to come to the University during week 8 to sit the test. The convenor should be contacted before week 7 to organise when and where to go to sit for the test. Students beyond this area should contad the convenor regarding alternative arrangements. A page of formulae and relevant statistical tables will be provided in the class test. A statistics calculator may used in the class test. No other material (apart from writing equipment) will be permitted in the class test. Extensions will not be granted except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.  A supplementary class test will be given for students with an approved disruption to studies application.

Students will be required to conduct statistical data analysis identifying and applying appropriate methods and techniques, interpret statistical results and summarise the results in a report. This assignment requires students to use Minitab to analyse data using appropriate techniques The requirements for the report will be made available on iLearn two weeks prior to the due date. Submission must be via the iLearn turnitin link only and details will be given in the requirements for the report. Penalties apply for late submissions and are as for Assignment 2. Extensions will only be granted for cases in which an application for disruption to studies has been approved. 

The Final Examination will be a three hour written exam (plus ten minutes reading time) and will be held during the examination period which runs from the 9th June to 26th June 2015. A page of formulae and relevant statistical tables will be attached to the final examination. Students will be permitted to take one A4 sheet (any colour), handwritten on both sides (using pens and/or pencils) into the final examination. This sheet must be submitted with your final exam paper at the conclusion of the exam. A statistics calculator may also be taken into the final examination. See the week 13 iLearn important information for more details on preparing for the final exam. 

The University Examination timetable will be available in draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations at:http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/

Students are advised that it is Macquarie University policy not to set early examinations for individuals or groups of students. All students are expected to ensure that they are available until the end of the teaching semester, i.e. the final day of the official examination period.

The only excuse for not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these special circumstances you may apply for Disruption to Studies via ask.mq.edu.au. A supplementary examination will only be granted if the student has been found to have had a significant disruption to studies. If a supplementary examination is granted as a result of the disruption to studies process, the examination will be scheduled approximately two weeks after the conclusion of the official examination period.

Note that there is a University policy regarding requests for special consideration for examinations and the granting of supplementary examinations, which can be found at: http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/exams/disruption_to_studies/.

Students can submit disruption to studies request(s) through the following link: https://ask.mq.edu.au/

Grading in this Unit

The final Standardised Numerical Grade (SNG) in STAT670 will be based on students’ work during the semester and in the Final Examination. The determination of the final SNG will be based on performance of individual assessment tasks against criteria and standards as detailed in the Grading Policy (see http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html). Final grades will be awarded on the basis of students’ overall performance and the extent to which they demonstrate fulfillment of the learning outcomes listed for this unit.

Please note that students must perform satisfactorily in the Final Exam as well as the coursework in order to pass the unit.