Skip navigation to main content

You are here: UNE Home / Course and Unit Catalogue / 2010 / A-Z / QM367

Sub sections:

Quick Search

Quick Links

Year:

QM367 Survey Methods for Business and Economics

Updated: 02 March 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 48cp and QM161
Co-requisites None
Restrictions QM267 or QM270 or QM370
Notes None
Combined Units QM267 - Survey Methods for Business and Economics
Coordinator(s) Renato Villano (rvillan2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit deals with the design and execution of surveys and focuses on the analysis of survey data used in business and economics. Topics include: basic sampling concepts; various sample designs including simple random sampling, stratified, cluster and other sampling designs, questionnaire design; determination of sample size; and analysis of sampling data including categorical data. Computer programs will be used in the analysis of data. Students are expected to complete a project applying various sampling techniques to a practical problem.

Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 10%
Assessment Notes
Word length not applicable owing to the statistical nature of the assignment.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-6
Assignment 2 10%
Assessment Notes
Word length not applicable owing to the statistical nature of the assignment.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-6
Assignment 3 5%
Assessment Notes
Word length not applicable owing to the statistical nature of the assignment.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-6
Project 10%
Assessment Notes
Word length not applicable owing to the statistical nature of the assignment.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-6
Final Examination 2 hrs 65%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. develop an understanding and appreciation of the skills required to conduct and analyse data from sample surveys;
  2. understand various sampling designs and their practical application; and
  3. develop the ability to apply statistical techniques appropriate for different types of survey data.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
 True True True
2 Communication Skills
 True True True
3 Global Perspectives
 True False True
4 Information Literacy
 True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
 True True True
6 Problem Solving
 True True True
7 Social Responsibility
 True False True
8 Team Work
 True True True
   

Email to a friend