Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Haiyan Jiang
Melissa Hubbard
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Permission by special approval
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
MQBS7030
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides students with an introduction to fundamental elements of research design and quantitative research approaches within business and economics. It seeks to develop students' understanding of the contexts in which quantitative research can be undertaken and the ability to analyse, conduct, and evaluate quantitative forms of research. |
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Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Research paper critique | 15% | No | 03/04/2023 |
Research proposal | 30% | No | 08/05/2023 |
Data analysis and reporting | 55% | No | 02/06/2023 |
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 23 hours
Due: 03/04/2023
Weighting: 15%
Students are given a research paper and are required to provide a 1500-2000 word critical review of the paper.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 45 hours
Due: 08/05/2023
Weighting: 30%
Students are required to develop a research proposal on a topic of their own choice using the survey method (in 3000-4000 words)
Assessment Type 1: Quantitative analysis task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 43 hours
Due: 02/06/2023
Weighting: 55%
Students are given a set of raw data in a general business discipline and they are required to apply a number of statistical techniques to analyse data, report and interpret the results.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
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Unit information based on version 2023.01R of the Handbook