17/06/2020 Schedule: Foundations Of Statistics 2018 TP1 Schedule -Syllabus (https://swinburneonline.instructure.com/courses/331/assignments/syllabus) Date Week 1 12 March 2018 Week 2 19 March 2018 Week 3 26 March 2018 Weekly plan Introduction to critical thinking in statistics Introduction to critical thinking in statistics 2 Reporting information about a single variable Discussion Discussion: Statistics in the media Activity 1: Calculating z- scores Activity 2: Categorical and metric variables Discussion: Open topic Activity: Interpreting data and report writing Discussion: Which statistical test? Assignment Assignment 1: Topic tests (20%) open 5pm AEDT Monday 12 March 2018 (Week 1). All topic tests must be completed by 5pm AEST Monday 11 June 2018 (Exam Week) Recommended: Complete Topic test 1 Recommended: Complete Topic test 2 Recommended: Complete Topic test 3 https://swinburneonline.instructure.com/courses/331/pages/schedule 1/3
17/06/2020 Schedule: Foundations Of Statistics 2018 TP1 Date Week 4 2 April 2018 Week 5 9 April 2018 Week 6 16 April 2018 Week 7 30 April 2018 Week 8 7 May 2018 Weekly plan What's the chance of that? The theory behind significance Looking for relationships Activity: Identifying dependent variables Is ours bigger than yours? The difference between two independent groups Mid-unit review week Is our this bigger than our that? Comparing two measures of the same thing Discussion Activity: Hypothesis testing Discussion: What makes a good report? Discussion: Mastering confidence intervals Activity: Independent samples design Discussion: Comparing different statistical tests Consolidation Week 23 April 2018 Activity: Practising report writing Discussion: Reflecting back Activity: Introducing the paired samples t-test Discussion: Report writing for paired samples t-test Assignment Recommended: Complete Topic test 4 Recommended: Complete Topic test 5 Recommended: Complete Topic test 6 Assignment 2: Analysis of data (40%) due 5pm AEST Monday 7 May 2018 https://swinburneonline.instructure.com/courses/331/pages/schedule 2/3
17/06/2020 Schedule: Foundations Of Statistics 2018 TP1 Date Week 9 14 May 2018 Week 10 21 May 2018 Week 11 28 May 2018 Week 12 4 June 2018 Exam Week 11-18 June 2018 (inclusive) Weekly plan Does more of this Activity 1: Correlation mean more (or less) coefficient of that? Relationships Activity 2: Inferences on correlation between metric variables Discussion: Correlation coefficient revisited Does more of this mean more (or less) writing of that? Relationships Activity 2: Correlations report writing practice between metric variables 2 Discussion: Open topic Are we more likely than you? Relationships Discussion: Writing a crosstab report between categorical variables Exam preparation Discussion Activity 1: Revision on report Activity: Reading a crosstab Discussion: Identifying and describing statistical tests Assignment Recommended: Complete Topic test 7 Recommended: Complete Topic test 8 Recommended: Complete Topic test 9 Recommended: Complete Topic test 10 Assignment 1: Topic tests (20%) due 5pm AEST Monday 11 June 2018 Assignment 3: Exam (40%) - date TBA https://swinburneonline.instructure.com/courses/331/pages/schedule 3/3