2121 unit information
ETF2121/ETF5912 Data Analysis in Business
Unit Information – Semester 1 2014
Coordinator and Lecturer - Weeks 7-12: Associate Professor Ann Maharaj
Office: H5.86
Phone: (990)32236
Email: ann.maharaj@monash.edu
Lecturer - Weeks 1-6: Mr Bruce Stephens
Office: H5.64
Phone: (990)32062
Email: bruce.stephens@monash.edu
Unit material: No prescribed textbook
Unit Book: available on the Moodle site.
Exercises:
available on the Moodle site.
Software:
EXCEL.
Recommended Reference Books
Berenson M.L., Levine D.M., Krehbiel T.C., Watson J., Jayne N., Turner, L.W.,
O’Brien M., Basic Business Statistics, Concepts and Applications, 2nd Edition (2010) or 3rd Edition (2013), Pearson, Australia.
Black K., Asafu-Adjaye J., Khan N., Perera N., Edwards P. and Harris M. Australian
Business Statistics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd., 2010.
Tutorials start in Week 2
Tutor details and Consulting Times will soon be available on Moodle.
The Week 3 tutorial is in a Computer lab.
Assessment Summary
Within semester assessment:
Examination:
40%
60%
ETF2121
Assessment Task Value Due Date
Quizzes
15%
Weeks 3- 12
Assignment 1
10%
5pm Monday of Week 6
Assignment 2
15%
5pm Monday of Week 12
Examination 1
60%
To be advised
1
ETF2121/ETF5912 Data Analysis in Business
ETF5912
Assessment Task Value Due Date
Quizzes
10%
Weeks 3- 12
Assignment 1
10%
5pm Monday of Week 6
Assignment 2
15%
5pm Monday of Week 12
Assignment 3
5%
5pm Monday 23rd June
Examination 1
60%
To be advised
More Information about Quizzes, Assignments and the Examination
Quizzes
From each of Weeks 2 to 11, you must complete a quiz of 5 multiple choice questions. The questions in each quiz are based on the material covered at the lecture the previous week, some of which might be from examples which are introduced at the lectures, but do not necessarily appear in the Unit Book. It is
Unit Information – Semester 1 2014
Coordinator and Lecturer - Weeks 7-12: Associate Professor Ann Maharaj
Office: H5.86
Phone: (990)32236
Email: ann.maharaj@monash.edu
Lecturer - Weeks 1-6: Mr Bruce Stephens
Office: H5.64
Phone: (990)32062
Email: bruce.stephens@monash.edu
Unit material: No prescribed textbook
Unit Book: available on the Moodle site.
Exercises:
available on the Moodle site.
Software:
EXCEL.
Recommended Reference Books
Berenson M.L., Levine D.M., Krehbiel T.C., Watson J., Jayne N., Turner, L.W.,
O’Brien M., Basic Business Statistics, Concepts and Applications, 2nd Edition (2010) or 3rd Edition (2013), Pearson, Australia.
Black K., Asafu-Adjaye J., Khan N., Perera N., Edwards P. and Harris M. Australian
Business Statistics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd., 2010.
Tutorials start in Week 2
Tutor details and Consulting Times will soon be available on Moodle.
The Week 3 tutorial is in a Computer lab.
Assessment Summary
Within semester assessment:
Examination:
40%
60%
ETF2121
Assessment Task Value Due Date
Quizzes
15%
Weeks 3- 12
Assignment 1
10%
5pm Monday of Week 6
Assignment 2
15%
5pm Monday of Week 12
Examination 1
60%
To be advised
1
ETF2121/ETF5912 Data Analysis in Business
ETF5912
Assessment Task Value Due Date
Quizzes
10%
Weeks 3- 12
Assignment 1
10%
5pm Monday of Week 6
Assignment 2
15%
5pm Monday of Week 12
Assignment 3
5%
5pm Monday 23rd June
Examination 1
60%
To be advised
More Information about Quizzes, Assignments and the Examination
Quizzes
From each of Weeks 2 to 11, you must complete a quiz of 5 multiple choice questions. The questions in each quiz are based on the material covered at the lecture the previous week, some of which might be from examples which are introduced at the lectures, but do not necessarily appear in the Unit Book. It is