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Overview

This subject introduces students to a spectrum of statistical thinking and skills required for future learning in general university programs. Students will develop conceptual knowledge and procedural skills in statistical analysis. Students will develop skills in Excel use sufficient to manage and analyse simple data sets. Assessments tasks are based … For more content click the Read more button below.

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Office of the Provost

School

Education

Subject coordinator

Belinda D'Angelo

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 0 - Enabling Program

AQF level

Level 5 - Diploma

Available as elective

No

Available to study abroad / exchange students

No

Capstone subject

No

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

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Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Demonstrate understanding of statistics as a mathematical framework to research, understand, and make predictions about the real world, and develop basic skills in data collection
2.
Identify the ways that statistical analysis and skills are employed to describe data and use the data to make observations and predictions about the population from which the data was drawn.
3.
Conduct basic statistical analysis of data using spreadsheet programs (such as Excel)
4.
Develop Excel graphs, transfer these graphs to other applications (such as Word and generate reports on these findings

Learning activities

Online quizzes, workshopping solutions to data collection, number and word problems individually and in online forum groups. Identifying and analysing different data sets. workshopping solutions to and in online forum groups. Using, developing and reading graphs. Using spreadsheet programs. Student choice of data set to collect, manage and analyse. Working with spreadsheet programs (Excel) to manage a data set. Writing a research report detailing findings on data.