Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit convenor
Maurizio Manuguerra
Contact via maurizio.manuguerra@mq.edu.au
12WW 6.34
By appointment (see iLearn for details)
Lecturer
Yunwei Zhang
Contact via yunwei.zhang@mq.edu.au
12WW - Office TBA
By appointment (see iLearn for details)
Lecturer
Ali Shariati
Contact via ali.shariati@mq.edu.au
12WW - Office TBA
See iLearn for details
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MAppStat or GradCertAppStat or GradDipAppStat or MSc or MDataSc or MLabQAMgt or GradDipLabQAMgt or GradCertLabQAMgt or MScInnovationStat
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
STAT6170 or STAT670
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
STAT2170
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to extend and broaden statistical experience from STAT6170, with a focus on application to real-world analysis. It covers relationships between categorical or continuous explanatory variables and a continuous response variable using the techniques of one-way and two-way analysis of variance and simple and multiple linear regression. Data management, report writing, graphical presentation of results, and power analysis are described. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Requirements to Pass this Unit
To pass this unit you must:
Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%.
Hurdle Assessments
There is no Hurdle Assessment.
Late Assessment Submission Penalty
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.
For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.
Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted.
Special Consideration
The Special Consideration Policy aims to support students who have been impacted by short-term circumstances or events that are serious, unavoidable and significantly disruptive, and which may affect their performance in assessment.
Written Assessments/Quizzes/Tests: If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the written assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through ask.mq.edu.au.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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iLearn Quiz | 20% | No | Week 4 |
Mid-Semester Test | 25% | No | Week 7 |
Assignment | 25% | No | Week 11 |
Final Exam | 30% | No | Formal Examination Period |
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 1 hours
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 20%
The quiz will become available on iLearn.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 1 hours
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 25%
Mid-semester Test
Assessment Type 1: Quantitative analysis task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 11
Weighting: 25%
The assignment will cover all learning outcomes.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: Formal Examination Period
Weighting: 30%
Formal invigilated examination testing the learning outcomes of the unit.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Classes
Lectures (beginning in Week 1): There is one two-hour lectures each week.
SGTA classes (beginning in Week 2): Students must register in and attend one two-hour class per week.
The timetable for classes can be found on the University website at: https://publish.mq.edu.au/
Enrolment can be managed using eStudent at: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/technology/systems/estudent
Suggested textbooks
The following textbook is useful as supplementary resources, for additional questions and explanations. They are available from the Macquarie University library:
Technology Used and Required
This subject requires the use of the following computer software:
Communication
We will communicate with you via your university email or through announcements on iLearn. Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion forum or sent to your lecturers from your university email address.
COVID Information
For the latest information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please refer to the Coron- avirus infection page on the Macquarie website: https://www.mq.edu.au/about/coronavirus-faqs. Remember to check this page regularly in case the information and requirements change during semester. If there are any changes to this unit in relation to COVID, these will be communicated via iLearn.
This is a draft schedule and is subjected to change.
Week | Topics | Assessment |
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1 | Course introduction; One-sided tests; Type I and Type II error; Introduction to R/RStudio | |
2 | Modified two-sample t-test; Assessing normality and equal variance assumptions | |
3 | One way ANOVA | |
4 | One way ANOVA, Multiple comparisons | iLearn Quizzes Due |
5 | Transformations; Non-parametrics; Power and Sample Size | |
6 | Data management; R Markdown; Simple linear regression | |
7 | Simple linear regression and model validation; Multiple regression | Mid-Semester Test Due |
8 | Multiple regression and model validation | |
Session Break | ||
9 | Extensions and examples of multiple regression | |
10 | Two-way ANOVA | |
11 | Two-Way ANOVA and Multiple Comparisons | Assignment Due |
12 | Two-Way ANOVA, Regression and Multiple Comparisons | |
13 | Exam Details and Revision |
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Unit information based on version 2024.01R of the Handbook