You are required to critique a summary description of a research project, using the knowledge you have gained so far in the unit (up to and including week 5 content).

You will be provided with a summary description of a research project that will contain conceptual and technical flaws in the description of the research.  This may include flaws in experimental conntext & justification, methodology & experimental design, logic of thought, analysis techniques and/or conclusions & interpretations. In your critique submission, you will need to:

· Identify the flaw(s) in approach, logic, methodology, analytical procedures, interpretation/conclusions, etc.
· Describe why you consider it a flaw, and
· Present your specific solution to remedy the flaw, if possible (if you think a solution is not possible, explain why).

Note that statements such as "The entire methodology wasn't presented", "The summary is written in the first person", and other such broad perceived flaws won't attract any marks since this is a summary of a project, and not the full formal description (i.e. marks are awarded for focusing on the scientific validity of what is presented in the summary, and not what isn't presented).

You may present your findings as either regular prose (i.e. akin to an essay or report), as an expanded list of dot points, or as a table.  Most students find that a table is the easiest way to keep a logical train of thought between flaw identification, reasoning, and solution. Please choose whichever written format you consider will be most suited to conveying your thoughts.

There is a limit of 1000 words (+/- 10%) for this assignment.

This assessment is worth 25 % of your overall unit grade, and will be marked according to the following criteria:

Flaw identification (33.33 % of final mark)
Reasoning why you think it's a flaw (33.33 % of final mark)
Solution to the flaw (33.33 % of final mark)

You are required to evaluate the data acquired from three different experiments, suggest an appropriate statistical test for each, do the tests using the IBM SPSS statistics computer program (or similar), and interpret your results. An assessment template (a Word document) with the experimental data and questions to answer will be provided to you. You will be able to type your answers directly into this template, and resubmit the file to Moodle for assessment. You will need to download/access the SPSS computer program (or similar) for this assessment. Instructions on how to do this will be provided during the term.

This assessment is worth 25 % of your overall unit grade, and will be marked based on providing correct answers to the questions asked for each of the three experimental data sets provided to you. Each data set has 8 questions, with one point awarded per correct answer. Broadly, questions are focused on choosing the appropriate statistical test for the data provided, using it correctly, and providing a thorough and correct interpretation of the test.

You will be required to complete an end of term online quiz that will test your knowledge of the entire content of the unit. The quiz will be in a similar format to a traditional end-of-term exam, requiring you to complete the task within a defined period of time (3 hours will be allowed once you start the quiz within a 24 hour window, starting at 9am Tuesday 8th of October, and finishing at 9am Wednesday 9th of October). Some basic calculations will be required, as practiced in the lecture content.

This quiz is worth 50 % of your overall unit grade. Each question in the quiz will be worth a different amount of marks depending on its complexity. Please attempt ALL questions to ensure you can get the highest mark possible. It is usually a good strategy to first attempt those questions that have the highest marks allocated to them, in case you run short of time. Example questions from previous end-of-term quizzes/exams will be provided to you as a study aid on Moodle.