FS0102 - Statistics

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

This subject promotes students' awareness of the importance of statistics in everyday life and to build up confidence in making effective use of introductory-level research, data analysis, and presentation skills. The aim is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to make effective use of methods of describing quantitative data through the use of graphical and numerical methods, interpretation of results and making decisions in both business and everyday life.

Learning Outcomes

• explain basic empirical concepts including reliability and validity; population and sample; correlation and causation; nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio levels of measurement; operational definitions;
• identify and apply the appropriate measure of central tendency to different levels of measurement; and demonstrate ability to arrange data into pictorial and tabular formats for presentation and interpretation purposes;
• calculate, compare and interpret the three measures of central tendency - mean, median and mode - for both ungrouped and grouped data;
• organise, describe and present the kinds of data encountered in the social and behavioural sciences; use Microsoft Excel to record, sort, calculate and display frequency distributions, comparative percentages and comparative averages;
• create and interpret histograms, bar graphs, scatter plots and frequency polygons; recognise and understand logical fallacies; and develop arguments and rebuttals.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively.

Prerequisites:

5.5 IELTS Equivalence

Availabilities
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51
Census Date 21-Mar-2013
Coord/Lect:	Mr Sing Quek.
Contact hours:	18 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 6 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); class test 1 - statistical terms/frequency tables; frequency distribution/ standard deviation, etc (20%); class test 2 - probability distribution/discrete probability; continuous probability distribution; sampling methods; sampling mean distribution; correlation analysis (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52
Census Date 18-Jul-2013
Coord/Lect:	Mr Sing Quek.
Contact hours:	18 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 6 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); class test 1 - statistical terms/frequency tables; frequency distribution/ standard deviation, etc (20%); class test 2 - probability distribution/discrete probability; continuous probability distribution; sampling methods; sampling mean distribution; correlation analysis (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.
JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53
Census Date 14-Nov-2013
Coord/Lect:	Mr Sing Quek.
Contact hours:	18 hours lectures 12 hours tutorials 6 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); class test 1 - statistical terms/frequency tables; frequency distribution/ standard deviation, etc (20%); class test 2 - probability distribution/discrete probability; continuous probability distribution; sampling methods; sampling mean distribution; correlation analysis (30%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Nil
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.