STAT11048 - Essential Statistics

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the 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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 40%
2. Examination 60%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 80.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 12.5% response rate.

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.

Source: Student unit evaluation
Feedback
Students value the delivery of the unit - the Moodle site and variety of resources available, especially the instructional videos.
Recommendation
Continue with the current structure of the unit content on the unit Moodle site.
Action Taken
Unit content was enhanced with redevelopment of video resources for week 10 and week 11 topics.
Source: Student and teaching staff feedback
Feedback
Students appreciated the quizzes, however the lack of feedback during the quizzes limits the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Recommendation
Enhance the set of quiz questions, and review the timing and feedback in quizzes.
Action Taken
Full solutions were made available to students in pdf format.
Source: Unit evaluations.
Feedback
Video resources were favourably commented on by students.
Recommendation
Continue to enhance and expand video resources.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Units evaluations and unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Online students made extensive use of the tutorial materials.
Recommendation
Continue to ensure tutorial questions and solutions meet students' needs and support their learning.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply the concepts of elementary statistics to analyse data
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of introductory probability theory to predict the likelihood of occurrence of an event
  3. Formulate solutions to statistics problems using statistical analysis and sampling theory
  4. Identify an appropriate probability distribution for a given scenario and use its properties to calculate probabilities
  5. Draw statistical conclusions about a population based on a sample of data using one sample, two sample, and ANOVA tests
  6. 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
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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