Overview

The unit provides students with the opportunity to apply the statistical skills acquired throughout their course in undertaking a research project under supervision. The project will address the research question proposed as part of the prerequisite STA80009 unit.

Requisites

Prerequisites
STA80009 Statistical Consulting
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Conduct a literature review on a specific research question
  • Prepare data for analysis
  • Conduct an appropriate statistical analysis and interpret the results
  • Evaluate relevant assumptions and draw conclusions about the quality of evidence generated by a research project
  • Synthesise project conclusions with literature review to suggest directions for future research
  • Write a scientific research report in the format of a journal article
  • Present the findings of your research orally

Teaching methods

Hawthorn Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online Contact (Phasing out)
Online Class		1.00 12 weeks 12
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		11.50 12 weeks 138
TOTAL150

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Placement
Placement		8.00 12 weeks 96
Online Contact (Phasing out)
Collaboration		1.00 12 weeks 12
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		2.50 12 weeks 30
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
PresentationGroup 20% 1,2,3,4,5,7 
ReportIndividual 80% 1,2,3,5,6 

Content

  • Formulation of research questions/hypotheses
  • Literature review relating to the above
  • Review of statistical methodology to be used
  • Exploratory data analysis
  • Statistical analysis
  • Discussion of results
  • Conclusion
  • Presentation
  • Report

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.