HURDLES: All assessment tasks are hurdle requirements to pass this unit.  These can be different for internal and external students. Details will be provided on the iLearn page for the unit.

ATTENDANCE and PARTICIPATION: Please contact the unit convenor as soon as possible if you have difficulty attending and participating in any classes. There may be alternatives available to make up the work. If there are circumstances that mean you will miss a class, you can apply for Special Consideration via ask.mq.edu.au

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION: Assignment submission will be online through the iLearn page.

Submit assignments online via the appropriate assignment link on the iLearn page. A personalised cover sheet is not required with online submissions. Read the submission statement carefully before accepting it as there are substantial penalties for making a false declaration.

• Assignment submission is via iLearn. You should upload this as a single scanned PDF file.
• Please note the quick guide on how to upload your assignments provided on the iLearn page.
• Please make sure that each page in your uploaded assignment corresponds to only one A4 page (do not upload an A3 page worth of content as an A4 page in landscape). If you are using an app like Clear Scanner, please make sure that the photos you are using are clear and shadow-free.
• It is your responsibility to make sure your assignment submission is legible.
• If there are technical obstructions to your submitting online, please email us to let us know.

You may submit as often as required prior to the due date/time. Please note that each submission will completely replace any previous submissions. It is in your interests to make frequent submissions of your partially completed work as insurance against technical or other problems near the submission deadline.

LATE SUBMISSION OF WORK:  All assessment tasks must be submitted by the official due date and time. In the case of a late submission for a non-timed assessment (e.g. an assignment), if special consideration has NOT been granted, 20% of the earned mark will be deducted for each 24-hour period (or part thereof) that the submission is late for the first 2 days (including weekends and/or public holidays). For example, if an assignment is submitted 25 hours late, its mark will attract a penalty equal to 40% of the earned mark. After 2 days (including weekends and public holidays) a mark of 0% will be awarded. Timed assessment tasks (e.g. tests, examinations) do not fall under these rules.

FINAL EXAM POLICY: 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, that is, 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 special consideration via ask.mq.edu.au.

If you receive special consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled in the interval between the regular exam period and the start of the next session. By making a special consideration application for the final exam you are declaring yourself available for a resit during this supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments. Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application.

You can check the supplementary exam information page on FSE101 in iLearn (bit.ly/FSESupp) for dates, and approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.

Census dates

The last day to withdraw from this unit without financial or academic penalty is March 19. The last date to withdraw from this unit without academic penalty is April 28.

Classes

STAT6170 will be delivered remotely, and no classes are scheduled.

Students will be given the opportunity to watch STAT1170-INT lecture recordings on iLearn and may sit in on STAT1170 lectures if they wish (please see timetable for locations and times).

​Please note: there are no small group teaching activities (SGTA) or practical classes for STAT6170, but students are expected to work trough the material used in STAT1170 classes.

Software

The supported statistical software for this unit is Excel. Students will be given guidance on how to use this software and be expected to conduct their analyses using Excel for the in-session assessments. 

Help with STAT6170 Related Administrative Matters

For help with STAT6170 related administrative matters students should email the convenor.

Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials

• A calculator with statistics mode is essential and should be used for all tasks to help prepare for the final exam.
• Excel can be downloaded from the student portal. This can be accessed from the web page for Student IT services: http://students.mq.edu.au/it_services/.  

Recommended textbook used in this unit:

• Modern Statistics: An introduction, Don McNeil and Jenny Middledorp (ISBN 9781486007011). This can be purchased in hard copy from, for example, the Coop Bookshop or in e-format (ISBN 9781486022120, access details to be provided in class).

Other recommended reading:

• Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, Moore, D.S. and McCabe, G. P (W.H. Freeman)
• Statistics without Tears by Rowntree (Penguin)
• Mind on Statistics by Utts & Heckard (Thomson, 2004)
• Elementary Statistics by Johnson & Kuby (Thomson, 2007)
• Statistics: The Art & Science of Learning from Data by Agresti & Franklin (Prentice Hall, 2007)
• The Statistical Sleuth by Ramsey and Schafer (Duxbury, 2002)

Technology Used and Required

iLearn, (which is a version of Moodle) is used for delivery of STAT6170 course material and can be accessed at: http://ilearn.mq.edu.au

The assessment plan has changed; in particular, there is no final exam.