Textbooks and Resources

Prescribed Textbooks

Introduction to Business Statistics
Author/s: Weiers, R.M. Year: 2011
Edition: 7th edn Publisher: South-Western Cengage Learning
City: Mason State: Ohio
Country: USA
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IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Course Website (Moodle)

Referencing Style

All submissions for this course must use the Harvard (author-date) referencing style. Details can be obtained here. For further information, see the Assessment Tasks below.

Teaching Contacts

Course CoordinatorRoss Shepherd
Note: Check the Term-Specific section for any additional contact information provided by the teaching team

Schedule

Week Begin Date Module/Topic Chapter Events and Submissions
Week 1 02-07-2012 Introduction to Statistics Chapter 1 & Chapter 2 (section 2.4)
Week 2 09-07-2012 Data Distributions Chapter 2 (sections 2.1 to 2.3)
Week 3 16-07-2012 Central Tendency and Dispersion Chapter 3 (all sections except 3.6)
Week 4 23-07-2012 Counting Principles and Probability Chapter 5 (all sections except 5.6)
Week 5 30-07-2012 Discrete Probability Distributions Chapter 6 (all sections except 6.3)
Assignment 1 Due Friday (03 Aug 12) 05:00 PM AEST
Vacation Week 06-08-2012
Week 6 13-08-2012 Continuous Probability Distributions Chapter 7 (all sections except 7.5 and 7.6)
Week 7 20-08-2012 Sampling and Sampling Distributions Chapter 4 (sections 4.6 to 4.7) & Chapter 8 (all sections except 8.6)
Week 8 27-08-2012 Estimation Chapter 9 (all sections except 9.8)
Week 9 03-09-2012 Hypothesis Testing (One Sample Tests) Chapter 10 (all sections except 10.7)
Assignment 2 Due Friday (07 Sep 12) 05:00 PM AEST
Week 10 10-09-2012 Testing Hypotheses About the Means of Two or More Populations Chapter 11 (sections 11.1, 11.2, 11.4 and 11.5) & Chapter 12 (sections 12.1 to 12.3)
Week 11 17-09-2012 Chi-Square Tests Chapter 13 (all sections except 13.6)
Week 12 24-09-2012 Linear Regression and Correlation Chapter 2 (section 2.5) & Chapter 15 (all sections except 15.3 and 15.5)
Review/Exam Week 01-10-2012
Exam Week 08-10-2012

Term-Specific Information

To pass this course you must obtain

  • at least 24 marks out of 60 marks on the final exam, AND
  • at least 50% of the combined total mark for the two assignments and the final exam.

Assessment Tasks

Written Assessment

Assessment Title Assignment 1
Task Description

Assignment 1 consists of 20 multiple choice questions which examine topics from Weeks 1 to 4 of the course. Each assignment question is worth one (1) mark, which gives a total of 20% for assignment 1. Assignment 1 is available on the STAT11048 Moodle website.
Assessment Due Date Week 5 Friday (03-Aug-2012) 05:00 PM AEST
Submit by 5pm on Friday of Week 5
Return Date to Students Week 7 Friday (24-Aug-2012)
Results will be available to students two weeks after the submission date.
Weighting 20%
Referencing Style Harvard (author-date)
Submission Hard copy

Submit assignment 1 answers on the Assignment Answer Sheet which is available on the STAT11048 Moodle website.
Graduate Attributes
This section can be expanded to view the assessed graduate attributes

1. Communication

2. Problem Solving

3. Critical Thinking

4. Information Literacy

6. Information Technology Competence

8. Ethical practice

Written Assessment

Assessment Title Assignment 2
Task Description

Assignment 2 consists of 20 multiple choice questions which examine topics from Weeks 5 to 8 of the course. Each assignment question is worth one (1) mark, which gives a total of 20% for assignment 2. Assignment 2 is available on the STAT11048 Moodle website.
Assessment Due Date Week 9 Friday (07-Sep-2012) 05:00 PM AEST
Submit by 5pm on Friday of Week 9
Return Date to Students Week 11 Friday (21-Sep-2012)
Results will be available to students two weeks after the submission date.
Weighting 20%
Referencing Style Harvard (author-date)
Submission Hard copy

Submit assignment 2 answers on the Assignment Answer Sheet which is available from the STAT11048 Moodle website.
Graduate Attributes
This section can be expanded to view the assessed graduate attributes

1. Communication

2. Problem Solving

3. Critical Thinking

4. Information Literacy

6. Information Technology Competence

8. Ethical practice

Examination

Outline Complete an examination
Date During the University examination period
Weighting 60%
Length 180 minutes
Details Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
Calculator - all non-communicable calculators, including scientific, programmable and graphics calculators are authorised.
Closed Book
Graduate Attributes
This section can be expanded to view the assessed graduate attributes

2. Problem Solving

3. Critical Thinking

4. Information Literacy

6. Information Technology Competence

8. Ethical practice