Prepared by Indika Karunanayake, MA508 Unit Coordinator 1 Melbourne Institute of Technology Pty Ltd CRICOS Provider No: 01545C, 03245K NSW Unit Code and Name MA508 Business Statistics Assessment Type Written Assignment Assessment Title Individual Assignment Purpose of the assessment a. Communicate effectively and appropriately in a range of contexts to achieve a high order of speaking, listening, reading, writing, numeracy and communication skills. c. Engage in self-directed thinking and learning that results continuous learning, resilience, confidence, the acquisition of transferable and time management skills and an ability to learn independently. e. Apply knowledge of related statistical techniques as related to business problems. Weight 20% Total Marks 50 Marks (this will be scaled down to 20%) Word limit 800 - 1000 words excluding list of references Due Date Friday in Week 6 by 5.00 PM Submission Guideline Submit your assignment online via Moodle submission link. For Melbourne students: use Melbourne Campus Submission link. For Sydney students: use Sydney Campus Submissions link. Submit your file in MS word format only and do not submit zip files. Late Submission There is a 10% penalty for each day you submit the assignment late. For further information, please refer to the late assignment penalty details and special consideration procedure on unit description. Referencing You must provide both in-text citation and a list of reference on your word file. You must follow APA referencing style. Please refer plagiarism policy for further details. Assignment Requirement  You are required to produce an essay on “Use of Statistics.”  There are three articles available on GA508/MA508 Moodle shell in the folder named “Articles for the Individual Assignment”  Select one of the articles.Prepared by Indika Karunanayake, MA508 Unit Coordinator 2  Use Business Statistics theory, concepts, tools and terminologies you have learnt from weeks 1 to 4 and analyse the information available in the article to prepare an essay on “Use of Statistics.” Consider the following structure and marking breakdown for you essay. Cover page: (2 marks)  Attach a cover page from word and provide the following information. o Student name and ID o Unit code and name o Assignment name o Assignment due date o Lecturer name o Campus Paragraph 1: (7 marks)  Provide an introduction for your essay. Paragraph 2 onwards: (30 marks)  The next few paragraphs should discuss the following points. o Data description: Data source/data types/ scales of measurements o Data summarisation and presentation o Descriptive statistics and/or statistical inferences o Measures of location and/or measures of variations o probability concepts o Suggestions for further improvements (what other alternative statistical techniques/tools that author could have provided) Last paragraph: (7 marks)  Provide a summary for your essay Formatting: (4 marks)  Formatting guideline: o 1.5 spacing, 11 or 12, Calibri or Times New Roman or Arial font (only one type of font for the whole assignment) and Normal size margins and A4 size paper. o Header: unit code & name; assignment number and campus. o Footer: student name and student ID. o Name your assignment files: LAST NAME_student ID_Unit Code. For example, if your last name is SMITH, student id is MIT111111 and you have enrolled for MA508, save your file as Smith_MIT111111_MA508.doc