Attendance and participation

We strongly encourage all students to participate actively in all learning activities. Regular engagement is crucial for your success in this unit, as these activities provide opportunities to deepen your understanding of the material, collaborate with peers, and receive valuable feedback from instructors, to assist in completing the unit assessments. Your active participation not only enhances your own learning experience but also contributes to a vibrant and dynamic learning environment for everyone.

Requirements to Pass this Unit

To pass this unit, you must:

• Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%.

Assessment Release

• Group Project: Specifications to be released no later than 14^th August.
• Assignment: To be released no later than 9^th October.

Hurdle Assessments

There is no Hurdle Assessment in this unit.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark of the task) will be applied for each day a written report or presentation assessment is not submitted, up until the 7^th day (including weekends). After the 7^th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. The submission time for all uploaded assessments is 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period will be provided to students who experience technical concerns. For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, please apply for Special Consideration. For example, if the assignment is worth 8 marks (of the entire unit) and your submission is late by 19 hours (or 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.4 marks (5% of 8 marks) will be deducted. If your submission is late by 24 hours (or 47 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds), 0.8 marks (10% of 8 marks) will be deducted, and so on.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted:

• Group Project – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies;
• Assignment – YES, Standard Late Penalty applies;
• Final Examination – NO, unless Special Consideration is granted.

Special Considerations and Short Extensions 

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. If you experience circumstances or events that affect your ability to complete the assessments in this unit on time, please inform the convenor and submit a Special Consideration request through https://connect.mq.edu.au.

Short Extensions

For some assessment types, students are allowed to request an extra 3 calendar days to complete eligible assessments.

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 https://connect.mq.edu.au.

Classes

Lectures (beginning in Week 1): pre-recorded lecture videos will be released each week.

Workshops (beginning in Week 1): There is a one-hour workshop each week.

SGTA classes (beginning in Week 2): Students must register for and attend one two-hour class per week.

The timetable for classes can be found on the University website at: http://publish.mq.edu.au/

Enrolment can be managed using eStudent at: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/technology/systems/estudent

Recommended text:

• Lohr, Sharon L (2022). Sampling: Design and Analysis, Third Edition, Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, for Survey Design.

• Lawson, J. (2015). Design and Analysis of Experiments with R. Chapman and Hall/CRC, for Experiment Design;

These are available from the Co-Op Bookshop and the University library.

Other useful references (available in the library Reserve):

• Saneii, H. and Doosti, H. (2024). Practical Biostatistics for Medical and Health Sciences. Springer.
• Kuehl, R.O. (2000 or newer). Statistical Principles of Research Design and Analysis, Second edition, Duxbury Press.
• Montgomery DC. (2019). Design and Analysis of Experiments, 10th Edition, Wiley.
• Scheaffer RL, Mendenhall W and Ott RL (1996). Elementary Survey Sampling, 5th (or newer) Edition.
• Cochran WG (1977). Sampling Techniques.
• Moser CA & Kalton G (1971). Survey Methods in Social Investigations.
• Barnett V (1974). Elements of Sampling Theory.

Technology Used and Required

This subject requires the use of the following computer software:

• R: R is a free statistical software package. Access and installation instructions may be found at: https://www.r-project.org/
• RStudio: RStudio is an open-source tool that is used to manage and present work performed using R. Access and installation instructions may be found at https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/
• Quarto: An open-source scientific and technical publishing system, installed by default with the latest release of RStudio.
• LaTeX: LaTeX is a free mathematical typesetting program. Access and installation instructions may be found at: https://www.latex-project.org/get/

Methods of Communication

We will communicate with you via your university email and through announcements on iLearn. Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board or sent to the unit convenor via the contact email on iLearn.