Course Title: Business Statistics 1
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Business Statistics 1
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Coordinator: Dr Preety Pratima Srivastava
Course Coordinator Phone: +613 99255905
Course Coordinator Email: pratima.srivastava@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Melbourne Campus, Building 80, Level 11
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment only
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
Business managers make daily decisions on a variety of issues including resource allocation, forecasting sales, or understanding customer demographics. These decisions increasingly rely on analysing data. This course introduces you to a range of statistical techniques which managers can use to make informed decisions. You will apply these techniques to relatively simple practical examples.
For larger applications you will learn how to use Microsoft Excel to perform any of the calculations associated with these statistical techniques. The focus in this subject however is on how to analyse and interpret your own results or the output from Excel. You will learn how to apply these techniques by working with examples which are relevant to most major business disciplines and the functional areas of large organizations. These include examples from Accounting, Economics, Finance, Financial Planning, Human Resource Management, Information Technology, Logistics and Transport and Marketing.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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On successful completion of this program you will be able to:
- Illustrate and describe information using a range of numerical and graphical procedures both written and in Excel.
- Using sample information, apply the scientific process to arrive at probable conclusions about population values.
- Highlight statistical relationships between variables in data sets and to predict values of strategic variables using regression and correlation analysis.
- Critically analyse, in team based collaboration, the statistical findings published by the media, research agencies and the Government to validate and verify its accuracy.
- Communicate statistical findings and results in an unbiased manner to a non-technical audience such as decision makers, stakeholders and the general public.
Overview of Learning Activities
In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and out-of-class activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; conducting presentations; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.
You will use a calculator and spreadsheet tools to solve problems in the areas of finance, accounting, marketing, and management, using the appropriate statistical skills, and discuss and present your results. You will learn different techniques for approaching the same problem. Classes will involve both discussion and online activities.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. In addition to topic notes; assessment details and a study schedule you may also be provided with links to relevant online information; readings; audio and video clips and communication tools to facilitate collaboration with your peers and to share information.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: 20%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2,
Assessment Task 2: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Assessment Task 3: 40%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 5
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.