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
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).
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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 evaluation
Students were impressed by the weekly lectures, resources and the weekly structured study guide.
Continue to enhance and expand the weekly resources.
Feedback from Student feedback and unit coordinator reflection
Students appreciated the quizzes. However, the lack of feedback limited their opportunity to learn from their mistakes.
Quiz questions and solutions will be discussed in tutorial sessions.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Provide information to students in the lecture and on the Moodle site for the required knowledge to advance the weekly topics.
Regularly review the prior unit topics in the tutorial sessions.
- Apply the concepts of elementary statistics to analyse data
- Demonstrate knowledge of introductory probability theory to predict the likelihood of occurrence of an event
- Formulate solutions to statistics problems using statistical analysis and sampling theory
- Identify an appropriate probability distribution for a given scenario and use its properties to calculate probabilities
- Draw statistical conclusions about a population based on a sample of data using one sample, two sample, and ANOVA tests
- Use a calculator and computer software to perform statistical calculations.
This unit is designed to provide a foundation in statistical thinking as applied to decision making in life.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | ||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Access to a printer (for printing assessment and tutorial materials)
- Access to a webcam, speaker and microphone or a headset. (To participate in Zoom lectures and tutorials.)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.wang@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 10 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Introduction to Statistics
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 1
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapters 1 & 3, plus Chapter 2 (Sections 2.1 & 2.2 only)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 1.
Week 2
Begin Date: 17 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Data Distributions
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 2
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 4 (Section 4.1 only)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 2.
Week 3
Begin Date: 24 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Central Tendency and Dispersion
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 3
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 5 (all Sections except 5.5)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 3.
Quiz 1: due Friday, 28th March at 11.45 pm.
Week 4
Begin Date: 31 Mar 2025Module/Topic
Counting Principles and Probability
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 4
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 6 (all Sections except 6.5)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 4.
Week 5
Begin Date: 07 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Discrete Probability Distributions
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 5
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 7 (all Sections except 7.4 & 7.5)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 5.
Quiz 2: due Friday, 11th April at 11.45 pm.
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 14 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 21 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Continuous Probability Distributions
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 6
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 8 (all Sections except 8.4)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 6.
Week 7
Begin Date: 28 Apr 2025Module/Topic
Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 7
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 2 (Sections 2.3 to 2.5), plus Chapter 9 (Sections 9.1 to 9.4 & 9.6)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 7.
Quiz 3: due Friday, 2nd May at 11.45 pm.
Week 8
Begin Date: 05 May 2025Module/Topic
Estimation
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 8
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 10 (all Sections)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 8.
Week 9
Begin Date: 12 May 2025Module/Topic
Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean or Proportion
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 9
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 12 (all Sections except 12.5)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 9.
Quiz 4: due Friday, 16th May at 11.45 pm.
Week 10
Begin Date: 19 May 2025Module/Topic
Hypothesis Tests for Two or More Population Means
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 10
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 13 (Sections 13.1 & 13.2 only)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 10.
Week 11
Begin Date: 26 May 2025Module/Topic
Linear Regression and Correlation
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 12
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 4 (Section 4.3 only), plus Chapter 15 (Sections 15.1 to 15.3, & read parts of 15.4 & 15.6)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 11.
Week 12
Begin Date: 02 Jun 2025Module/Topic
Chi-Square Tests
Chapter
Study Guide - Chapter 11
Selvanathan Textbook - Chapter 14 (all Sections)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Watch lecture videos and do tutorial exercises for Week 12.
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 09 Jun 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 16 Jun 2025Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
For any queries, please contact the unit coordinator: Dr Jia Wang (j.wang@cqu.edu.au)
1 Online Quiz(zes)
There are four quizzes and each quiz is worth 10%. These quizzes are available on the STAT11048 Moodle site, along with the due dates for each. The purpose of these quizzes is to monitor your progress throughout the term, allowing you to identify any concepts that require further review. The quizzes also provide a basis for communication between you and your Lecturer/Unit Coordinator.
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Due date for each quiz and be found in the unit schedule. Full details about the quizzes are available on the STAT11048 Moodle website.
Results will be available to students two weeks after the submission date. Consequently extension requests greater than 14 days will be denied except under exceptional circumstances.
There are 4 quizzes and each quiz is worth 10%. Marks will be awarded for finding the correct answer.
- Apply the concepts of elementary statistics to analyse data
- Demonstrate knowledge of introductory probability theory to predict the likelihood of occurrence of an event
- Formulate solutions to statistics problems using statistical analysis and sampling theory
- Identify an appropriate probability distribution for a given scenario and use its properties to calculate probabilities
- Use a calculator and computer software to perform statistical calculations.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
