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bus1ban analysing business data

ANALYSING BUSINESS DATA
BUS1BAN

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline
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In a world where organisations are confronted with a vast amount of information, there is an ever-increasing
demand for graduates who can make effective use of data. This subject will help you to become a more
competent user of information and will enable you to develop an understanding of decision-making
processes. The subject will assist you to attain an introductory level of statistical literacy and apply statistical
concepts to critical business problems and major social issues.

SchoolLa Trobe Business School

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorMary Ma

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 1 - UG

Available as ElectiveYes

Learning ActivitiesN/A

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars
Subject rules

PrerequisitesN/A

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsBUS1BUA

Equivalent subjectsBUS1BUA

Quota Management StrategyN/A

Quota-conditions or rulesN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Minimum credit point requirementN/A

Assumed knowledgeN/A

Learning resources
Business Analytics

Resource TypeBook

Resource RequirementPrescribed

AuthorEliyathamby A Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan & Gerald Kelly

Year2016

Edition/VolumeN/A

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PublisherCengage

ISBNN/A

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Chapter/issueN/A

URLN/A

Other descriptionN/A

Source locationN/A

Subject Learning Videos

Resource TypeWeb resource

Resource RequirementPrescribed

AuthorHayat Khan

Year2016

Edition/VolumeN/A

PublisherHK

ISBNN/A

Chapter/article titleN/A

Chapter/issueN/A

URLN/A

Other descriptionN/A

Source locationN/A

Career Ready
Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

WBL addtional requirementsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

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Graduate Capabilities

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Critically analyse the role of information management and data analysis in effective decision-
making in organisations
02. Describe basic procedures that modern organisations have developed to manage risk
03. Select and use appropriate software tools to calculate descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and
forecasting
04. Demonstrate an ability to use statistical techniques to form a solution to a problem, and to use and
communicate data to support conclusions
05. Select and apply appropriate statistical methodology to a variety of problems relating to social,
organisational and business settings

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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorMary Ma

Class requirements
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via
face-to-face.
In addition, students are expected to undertake between 1 h and 3 h of learning and assessment activities each
week prior to class.

Assessments

Assessment element Category Contribution Hurdle % ILO*

Online quizzes (equivalent to 500 words) The online quizzes
will assess students' understanding of the concepts covered in SILO1,
the online videos and weekly workshop activities. Best 4 out N/A N/A No 10 SILO2,
of 5 online quizzes will contribute towards each student's SILO3
final grade.

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