Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convener/ Lecturer
Petra Graham
Contact via email: petra.graham@mq.edu.au
Office: 12 Wally's Walk, Level 6, Room 6.38
Consultation hours: Friday 10am to noon
Lecturer
Anne Karpin
Contact via email: anne.karpin@mq.edu.au
Office: 12 Wally's Walk, Level 6, Room 6.30
Consultation hours: Monday 5-6pm, Wednesday 12-1pm
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Data is the foundation of sound business decisions. In this unit you will learn the fundamentals of analysing, solving and communicating business problems using quantitative information. The unit will cover the statistical concepts that provide a foundation for the study of and professional practice in business and economics. The focus will be on tools and approaches that are used every day in business. Problems and examples will be drawn from current real-world experience.
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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:
You must attend and participate in at least 10 of the 13 weekly tutorials and 10 of the 12 weekly practical classes to pass this unit. This is a hurdle requirement. You must also complete and pass all of the Hurdle Quizzes by the due dates. This is a hurdle requirement.
The only excuse for missing a tutorial or practical class, an in class test (Class Test 1 or 2) or the final exam is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these special circumstances you may apply for special consideration. For approved special considerations to class tests, you will be expected to attend the next available test as determined by the convener. There is no excuse for missing a Hurdle Quiz; they are open for at least two weeks each.
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 the 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.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Tutorial participation | 0% | Yes | Weekly |
Practical participation | 0% | Yes | Weekly |
5 Hurdle quizzes | 10% | Yes | Week 2, 4, 6, 10 and 13. |
Class Test 1 | 15% | No | Week 7 Practical Class |
Class Test 2 | 25% | No | Week 12 Practical Class |
Final Examination | 50% | No | University Examination Period |
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
You must attend and participate in at least 10 of the 13 weekly tutorial classes to pass this unit. This is a hurdle requirement. Participation will be recorded via iLearn so you will need a mobile device. If you do not bring a mobile device you must tell your tutor on the day of your tutorial. Late notification of attendance will not be accepted. You must attend the class that you are registered into.
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
You must attend and participate in at least 10 of the 12 weekly practical classes to pass this unit. This is a hurdle requirement. Participation will be recorded via iLearn during your class. You must attend the class that you are registered into.
Due: Week 2, 4, 6, 10 and 13.
Weighting: 10%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
The Hurdle Quizzes are compulsory online quizzes that will be made available on iLearn at least two weeks prior to the due dates (Fridays 11.59pm in the relevant weeks). Students are allowed an unlimited number of attempts to complete each test until the deadline. The required pass mark is indicated on each hurdle test. Inability to pass a test without help indicates that students should visit the lecturer in their consultation hours. The highest score obtained will count towards the final grade. Each test is worth 2%. Extensions will not be given. Completion and passing of all Hurdle Quizzes is a hurdle requirement.
Due: Week 7 Practical Class
Weighting: 15%
Class Test 1 will be held in practical classes in week 7. This test must be taken in the practical class in which you are registered. Students must bring their student ID. Failure to supply ID will mean exclusion from the test. A standard calculator may be taken into the class test (mobile phones and other devices with calculator apps are not permitted). No other material (apart from writing equipment) will be permitted in the class test. A supplementary class test will be given for students with an approved disruption to studies application.
Due: Week 12 Practical Class
Weighting: 25%
Class Test 2 will be held in practical classes in week 12. This test must be taken in the practical class in which you are registered. Students must bring their student ID. Failure to supply ID will mean exclusion from the test. A standard calculator may be taken into the class test (mobile phones and other devices with calculator apps are not permitted). No other material (apart from writing equipment) will be permitted in the class test. A supplementary class test will be given for students with an approved disruption to studies application.
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 50%
The Final Examination will be a two hour written examination (plus ten minutes reading time) and will be held during the examination period which runs from 12th June to 29th June, 2018. A page of formulae will be provided with the final exam. Students will be permitted to take one A4 sheet (any colour), handwritten on both sides (using pens and/or pencils and highlighters) into the final examination. This sheet may contain any information deemed useful to the student and must be submitted with the final exam paper at the conclusion of the exam. A standard calculator may also be taken into the final examination (mobile phones and other devices with calculator apps are not permitted for use in the exam). See the week 13 iLearn area for more details on preparing for the final exam.
The University Examination 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 at:http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/
Students 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, i.e. the final day of the official examination period.
Students should enrol in the following classes each week:
The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au
Students can change their tutorial and practical classes by using eStudent at: https://student1.mq.edu.au/. Do not enrol in clashing classes! You must notify the convener if you change your class enrolment so that your class is changed in iLearn.
Recommended Text:
Technology Used and Required
All course material is delivered through iLearn (which is a version of Moodle). The link may be found at http://ilearn.mq.edu.au
WEEK |
LECTURE TOPIC |
Assessments |
1 |
Introduction to statistics |
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2 |
Summarising and displaying data |
Hurdle Quiz 1 |
3 |
Summarising and displaying data (continued) |
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4 |
Introduction to distributions: the normal distribution |
Hurdle Quiz 2 |
5 |
Sampling distributions and confidence intervals for proportions |
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6 |
Sampling distributions and confidence intervals for means |
Hurdle Quiz 3 |
7 |
One sample hypothesis tests for a population mean |
Class Test 1 (in practical class) |
Semester Break |
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8 |
Hypothesis tests for comparing population means |
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9 |
Simple linear regression (Part 1) |
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10 |
Simple linear regression (Part 2) |
Hurdle Quiz 4 |
11 |
Hypothesis tests for population proportions: z-test of a proportion and chi-squared goodness-of fit test |
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12 |
Chi-squared test of independence |
Class test 2 (in practical class) |
13 |
Review of STAT150 |
Hurdle Quiz 5 |
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Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
There have been changes to the assessment structure.
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26/02/2018 | Update to office hours |