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STAT11048 Essential Statistics
Essential Statistics
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General Information

Overview

This unit introduces you to the concepts and applications of probability and statistical modelling involving questions of estimation, inference, regression, and correlation. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability and probability distributions (binomial, Poisson, normal), confidence intervals, one and two-sample hypothesis tests, one-way analysis of variance, chi-square tests, linear regression, and correlation. The use of a calculator and a statistical/spreadsheet computer package for data analysis are covered.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2024

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Unit Evaluations

Feedback

Pre-recorded videos were appreciated by students, however additional recordings of live classes were also requested.

Recommendation

Continue to enhance video resources, including making all lecture recordings available after class, and providing recordings of key parts of tutorials.

Feedback from Units Evaluations

Feedback

There was no Zoom tutorial for online students in Term 2.

Recommendation

Provide at least one online Zoom tutorial for students.

Feedback from Reflection from teaching team

Feedback

With quiz questions in PDF, it can be difficult for students to enter answers in Moodle and limits the opportunity for question variants for students.

Recommendation

Develop a database of questions inside Moodle so students can complete the entire quiz in Moodle

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 17 June 2024
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