Turnitin

All text based assessments must be submitted through Turnitin as per instructions provided in the unit guide. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that work is submitted correctly prior to the due date. No hard copies of assessments will be accepted and only Turnitin records will be taken as records of submission.

Multiple submissions may be possible in some units via Turnitin prior to the final due date and time of an assessment task and originality reports may be made available to students to view and check their work. All identified matching text will be reconsidered carefully. Students should note that the system will not immediately produce the similarity score on a second or subsequent submission - it approximately takes 24 hours for the report to be generated. This may be after the due date so students should plan any resubmissions carefully. Please refer to these instructions on how to submit your assignment through Turnitin and access similarity reports and feedback provided by teaching staff. Should you have questions about Turnitin or experience issues submitting through the system, you must inform your unit coordinator immediately. If the issue is technical in nature may also lodge OneHelp Ticket, refer to the IT help page.

It is the responsibility of the student to retain a copy of any work submitted. Students must produce these documents upon request. Copies should be retained until the end of the grade appeal period each term. In the event that a student is asked to produce another copy of work submitted and is unable to do so, they may be awarded zero (0) for that particular assessment task.

Contacting staff

Where possible, staff will answer questions by email.  Students experiencing significant difficulties with any topic in the unit should seek assistance immediately. Staff will advise their consultation hours on iLearn at the beginning of semester.

Classes

There are three hours face-to-face teaching per week consisting of a mixture of lecture and practical classes.  The timetable for classes can be found at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/

Required and Recommended texts and/or materials

Required Text:

Selvanathan, E.A., Selvanathan, S. & Keller, G. (2014) Business Statistics: Australia/New Zealand (6th Edition).  Cengage Learning Australia.  The textbook is also available as an ebook at: http://www.cengagebrain.com.au

Recommended Texts:

Statistics for Management and Economics by Keller, G.

The Practice of Business Statistics by Moore, McCabe, Duckworth & Alwan

Australasian Business Statistics by Black, et al

Technology Used and Required

All online assessment tasks will be made available through iLearn. Access to a personal computer is required to complete tasks on iLearn. The statistical package MINITAB 17 will be used and students will learn to analyse data using MINITAB.  The package can be downloaded onto students’ home computers from the Student Portal.

Unit Web Page

The web page for this unit can be found at: http://www.handbook.mq.edu.au/2017/Units/GradUnit/ACCG615

Unit materials, assignments, solutions, announcements and other relevant information can be found on Moodle and students should visit this site regularly at: http://iLearn.mq.edu.au

 Learning and Teaching Activities

New material will be introduced in each lecture.  During practical classes students will work on problems based on the material presented in lectures and write up relevant summaries of results.  Students are expected to have read through the material to be covered in class each week. Course material will be made available online using iLearn.

A week-by-week list of the topics is provided in this Unit Guide

Expectations and Workload

Students are expected to spend 150 hours working on this unit. As a guide a student should spend these approximate amounts of time on each of the following activities:

Lecture Recordings

The last timetabled lecture will be recorded each week and will be available on iLearn at the end of each week.

IT Conditions of Use

Access to all student computing facilities within the Faculty of Business and Economics is restricted to authorised coursework for approved units. Student ID cards must be displayed in the locations provided at all times.

Students are expected to act responsibly when using University IT facilities. The following regulations apply to the use of computing facilities and online services:

Accessing inappropriate web sites or downloading inappropriate material is not permitted. Material that is not related to coursework for approved units is deemed inappropriate.

Downloading copyright material without permission from the copyright owner is illegal, and strictly prohibited. Students detected undertaking such activities will face disciplinary action, which may result in criminal proceedings.

Non-compliance with these conditions may result in disciplinary action without further notice.

Students must use their Macquarie University email addresses to communicate with staff as it is University policy that the University issued email account is used for official University communication.

This unit addresses global and sustainability issues as direct areas of study and as necessary implications arising from the materials, assessment and academic discussion and debate in classes. We promote sustainability by developing ability in students to research and locate information within the statistics discipline  We aim to provide students with an opportunity to obtain skills which will benefit them throughout their career.

The unit materials have a reference list at the end of each lecture containing all references cited by the author. These provide some guidance to references that could be used to research particular issues.