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1. Apply correctly a variety of statistical techniques, both descriptive and inferential.
2. Interpret in plain language and comment on these statistical techniques.
3. Interpret computer output to perform statistical techniques.
4. Recognize inappropriate use or interpretation of statistics.
5. Recognize when statistics are being used in other courses, in the media and in life in general and comment critically on the appropriateness of this use of statistics.
6. Describe the importance of variability to the study of statistics.
7. State what is different about the data and the techniques of business or economic statistics compared to statistics for other disciplines.
8. Work effectively and inclusively in small groups.

This course uses lectures plus practicals. The lectures provide an overview of the course content but students can expect that they will need to study the textbook in order to understand the work. The practicals will comprise discussion, problem solving activities, individual and group work, student questions and student participation. These practicals provide the opportunity for students to practice; they are vital for success in this course. Often students think they can follow what we do in the lectures but when they come to do the work themselves, they realise it’s not that easy! Students are expected to have done the required reading before the practical and may ask questions about it during the practical.

Help

If you need some information or help, here is what you can do:

• Ask your tutor in the practical.
• Post your query on the discussion board.
• Go to our office hours.  Times will be advertised on MyUni at the start of semester.
• Attend one of the sessions at the First Year Learning Centre. A study coach will be available to help you with this course. Times will be advertised on MyUni at the start of semester.
• Go to the Maths Learning Centre (Hub Central) They offer help with mathematics and statistics for students from all faculties.  They run a FREE drop in centre. Check times and location details on their web site, 

The workload for this course should consist of:

The following timetable shows the topics to be covered each week and the associated chapter from the book. We will endeavour to keep to this but this may not be possible due to public holidays and other reasons.

• Final exam - 60%
• Individual tests (online and/or written)
  • Online component - 5%
  • Written component - 5%

• Group mini-project - 10%
• Practicals            
  • Individual MCQ Test - 5%            
  • Group MCQ Test - 5%            
  • Group WAQ handins - 10%

There are no hurdle requirements for this course.

Final exam (60%)

• This is of 2 hours duration, plus 10 minutes reading time. 
• Statistical tables are provided.
• You are allowed to take into the exam one sheet of A4 paper with anything written or typed on both sides of it.
• This exam covers the whole semester.
• Please note that, following University policy, dictionaries are not allowed in School of Economics exams.
• Graphics calculators are allowed but are not required.
• Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. Marks cannot be awarded in the final examination if poor hand-writing means that answers cannot be read.

Individual tests (10%)

• There will be 1 online test, worth 5%. This will consist of multiple choice, fill in the blank, numeric, ordering, calculated and other types of questions.
• There will be a series of short written tests in pracs during the semester, worth 5%.
• More details will be provided during the semester.
• Medical and compassionate extensions:
  • Unfortunately, late attempts at the online test or the written tests are not possible, even for valid medical or compassionate reasons. Instead, the weight on the final exam will be increased to take the place of this assessment.

Group mini-project (10% - due in prac in week 10)

• This mini project will require the group to show that they recognise and understand the practical application of statistics in the world around us.
• Each group is to hand in one project. Projects could include:
  • Finding and commenting on a published use of statistics
  • Obtaining a data set and setting a multiple choice question that relates to it
  • Undertaking a sample survey to collect a primary data set
  • Creating a worked answer question using the concepts of this course but relating it to another course.
• Details will be provided during the semester.
• This project is to be handed to the tutor in the practical in Week 10.  A proposal should be provided to the tutor in week 7.
• Each project must have a completed, signed cover sheet on it that lists the names of all students who contributed to the project.

Late projects will not be accepted unless by PRIOR arrangement with the course coordinator.

Practicals (15% group work and 5% individual)

The practicals will incorporate team based learning and will be structured as follows:

• Before the practicals, students will be expected to have attended and understood the lectures and to have read the relevant chapter(s) from the text book
• During the practical,
  • First, students will be given a short individual multiple choice question test.
  • Next the multiple choice question test will be done in teams.
  • There will be time for discussion and questions about the week’s work.
  • And finally, students will be required to work on worked answer questions, again in their teams.
• After the practicals, each team is required to hand in their answers to the worked answer questions, to their tutor. The tutor will specify the due time for this hand-in. These will be marked and returned in the following practical.

Teams will be formed in the first practical class so it is important that students attend the first practical (in week 2).

The assessment is as follows:

• Individual MCQ Test - 5%
• Group MCQ Test - 5%
• Group WAQ handins - 10%

These three marks are each determined by taking the best 7 marks from the semester; because not all of them count for assessment, no special consideration will be given to students who miss a practical class for medical, compassionate or any other reason. There will be 10 MCQ tests but only 9 WAQ that are marked during the semester.

Redemption

There is no extra work that can be done to redeem individual components of assessment during the semester, no matter the reason; however if the final exam mark (%) exceeds the mark (%) on any other assessment, then the exam mark automatically takes its place.

Assessment marks prior to the final exam may be displayed on the course website.  Students are encouraged to check their marks and notify the Course Coordinator of any discrepancies.

Weekly hand-in exercises are to be submitted to the hand in boxes in the Ground floor of the Professions Hub, Nexus 10. Your tutor will arrange the due time at the first tutorial and will explain which box you should use.

You MUST write on the hand-in the names and ID numbers of all students who contributed to the answers along with the time and day of the class. Staple all pages together.

If you forget your tutor’s name, look on .

The group mini project is to be handed in to the tutor during the practical class; attach a signed cover sheet.