Data Literacy: Foundations for Success

Course aim

To equip students with the ability to analyse and interpret data using appropriate statistical tools and techniques.

Course content

The course encompasses a range of topics in quantitative skills, which include graphical descriptive techniques, numerical descriptive techniques, data collection and sampling, hypothesis testing, the Chi-squared test, simple linear regression, and correlation.

Textbook(s)

Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan, Gerald Keller 2021, eBook: CP1278 MATH 1083 Introductory Quantitative Skills, 1st, CENGAGE Australia, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Online (Virtual Lecture)	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
Online (Lecture recordings)	2 hours x 10 weeks
Online (Learning activities)	2 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Online (Lecture recordings)	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Online (Lecture recordings)	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, ONLINE SCHEDULED CLASS
Lecture (Virtual Classroom)	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial (Virtual Classroom)	2 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Presentation, Problem solving exercise, Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.