The unit’s practical program is vital for students to have a first-hand understanding of the material and its application in psychology research. 

Each week (starting Week 1) there will be a set of practical tasks to complete before attempting that week's quiz and before the next week's Tutorial. Most weeks this will involve a data analysis task (involving Stata) and an interpretation task, although in some weeks outputs will be provided for interpretation. The requirement to complete an online quiz each week will help ensure that students keep up with the unit material week-by-week. Tutors will then work through the solution during tutorial sessions in the subsequent week. Solutions to quizzes and practicals will NOT be made available separate to tutorials. Access to STATA is required for these weekly quizzes. 

Weekly quizzes will be worth 2% each, for a total of 20% of your final mark.

Quizzes must be completed within iLearn by 9pm on the Sunday prior to the week in which it will be discussed. The iLearn system will not accept submissions after that time and a mark of zero for that week will be recorded if no quiz is submitted on-time without a valid medical certificate or other documented unforseen circumstances. Each quiz is completed via iLearn and you will receive your mark on completion of the quiz. The tasks must be completed individually by each student.

If there are technical problems associated with iLearn (e.g., error message and then being unable to complete the quiz), make sure you take a screen shot of any error messages that occur. If a screen shot of an error occurring within iLearn is sent to Rachel Kallen before the quiz deadline, and it is deemed to be an error occurring that was out of the student’s control, then a second attempt at the quiz will be granted, as long as the quiz attempt was commenced at least 2 hours before the quiz deadline, and must be completed before the first tutorial session that reviews that quiz. No second attempts will be granted under any circumstances without evidence of the glitch. Similarly, no second attempts will be granted if you begin your attempt too late and cannot complete the quiz before 9pm Sunday.

It is strongly recommended you complete your quiz well in advance of the 9pm deadline!

In the event of health or other issues that may prevent you from completing the quiz by the 9pm deadline, you may apply for Special Consideration to be exempted from 1 quiz only. If further issues are experienced no further exemptions will be granted and an alternate assessment task will be set for you to replace the missed quiz.

A practical assignment involving use of STATA, data analysis, interpretation of results, and communication of findings. 

Details of assignments will be made available approximately four weeks prior to them being due. Marks and feedback will be released to students via iLearn. 

This exam will cover weeks 2 - 6 (correlation, and GLM: regression and one-way ANOVA). It will be offered during Week 7. 

The exam will be offered for 50 minutes via iLearn, and is worth 20% of your overall mark.

A practical assignment involving use of STATA, data analysis, interpretation of results, and communication of findings. 

Details of assignments will be made available approximately four weeks prior to them being due. Marks and feedback will be released to students via iLearn.

This assignment is worth 10% of your overall mark.

This will be a 2-hour exam conducted during the official university examination period. The exam period for Session 2, 2019 is from 11th November to 29th November, 2019. This exam will assess all new course material that has been covered in PSY248, including lecture content, tutorial content, and required readings.

You will be allowed to take into this exam up to 10 single-sided A4 sheets of summary notes (or 5 double-sided A4 sheets of notes), plus a calculator. These summary notes can be in any format (including hand-written, word processed, photocopied, etc - or a combination). Statistical tables will not be required. Overall the final exam will assess knowledge and understanding through interpretative tasks, and ability to apply knowledge gained to practical problem solving in psychology research. Your understanding of STATA is examinable including use of STATA syntax (commands).

You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The 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. http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/exams/

The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Special Consideration. Students who experience serious and unavoidable disruption, must apply for special consideration via ask.mq.edu.au. Any enquiries can be lodged online or via a visit to the Student Centre (ground floor, 4 First Walk [C3A])

If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Special Consideration process, the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period. The format of a supplementary examination is at each unit convener’s discretion and is subject to change from the original final examination. Supplementary Exams are only offered to students who have satisfactorily completed all other assessments for the unit and were unable to sit the final exam because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption.

It is the student’s responsibility to follow the steps provided via online or in person enquiries. An email will be sent to the student advising them of the outcome of their request for a supplementary exam. Students who are granted to sit for a supplementary exam must make themselves available to sit for the supplementary exam on the specified date. There will only be one time. It is the student’s responsibility to email Student Centre to confirm attendance at the supplementary exam.

You 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, which is the final day of the official examination period.