Essential Aviation Analytical Skills
36 hours face to face + blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
The aim of this unit is to understand the type, interpretation, use, and communication of aviation data. Students will examine how the aviation industry utilises data to inform commercial, safety and operational decisions. Students will be introduced to typical tools that are used in the aviation industry to solve novice level problems
Requisites
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Interpret the diverse forms of data which may be encountered in the aviation environment
- Discriminate between various software tools and methodologies and select those most applicable for working with specific forms of aviation data
- Employ appropriate mathematical approaches, software tools or other methodologies to manipulate and analyse data in order to generate understanding and solve essential aviation industry problems
- Work confidently with data across diverse technological platforms
- Interface between common technologies used within the aviation industry
- Communicate the output of an analytical process in a manner which effectively informs aviation stakeholders
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Workshop | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Assignment | Group | 30 - 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Online Quizzes | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,2,6 |
Content
- Aviation Statistics - Basic descriptive data summary and visualisation
- Introduction to inferential statistics
- Introduction to aviation data analytics and visualisation using Power BI
- Applications in aviation operations, safety, and commercial activities
- Different sources of aviation data and information – airlines, airports, GDS and IATA
- Database platforms – OAG, BITRE, US FAA, other sources - Extracting and storing data from online sources - Sorting, querying, manipulating, transforming and aggregating data
- Data Analysis using Excel, SPSS
- Tables, PivotTables
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.