Overview

This unit builds on skills developed in the pre-requisite units to conduct a small research project and present findings in written form. Students will build their knowledge and skills of data collection and analysis, develop skills in critical writing, data presentation, and critical reasoning regarding their research.

Requisites

Prerequisites
STA60001 Statistical Practice 1
FBS90001 Research Project 1
STA60005 Statistical Practice 2

Rules

STA60001 Statistical Practice 1
AND
FBS90001 Research Project 1
AND
STA60005 Statistical Practice 2

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Conduct data collection from an appropriate source or population related to their research
  • Construct a dataset and plan and undertake appropriate statistical analyses
  • Present the findings and communicate about research

Teaching methods

Hawthorn Online

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
1.00 12 weeks 12
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various
3.00 12 weeks 36
Online Contact (Phasing out)
Collaboration
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
7.00 12 weeks 84
TOTAL144

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Data CollectionGroup 50% 1,2 
PresentationIndividual 50% 

Content

Guided by their participation in group supervision students will collect data in the manner approved by the Swinburne HREC, collate that data in a database, design a data analysis plan and undertake descriptive and inferential data analysis. This unit will focus on completion of a written empirical paper presenting the research findings.

Study resources

Reading materials

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