MIS770 - Foundation Skills in Data Analysis

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, GIFT City (India)^
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Lasitha Dharmasena
Trimester 2: Lasitha Dharmasena
Trimester 3: Lasitha Dharmasena
Previously:

Analytical Skills Foundations

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: MIS770A
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour on-campus (livestreamed) lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1.5 hour on-campus seminar each week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour recorded lecture provided and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week

Note:

^GIFT City (India) offering is available to students enrolled at the GIFT City (India) campus only.

Content

This unit aims to develop foundation skills and knowledge required for data driven, evidence-based approaches to business decision making and business performance analysis. To this end, the unit first introduces the skills necessary to enable an understanding of business metrics. This is followed by descriptive analytical techniques that transform both structured and unstructured data into meaningful information for the purpose of decision making and understanding and reviewing business performance. Techniques and principles of data visualisation are introduced that enable graphical depictions of data that can improve comprehension, communication and decision-making. Then, the unit introduces quantitative reasoning skills, so students are able to review business performance to find problems or areas of opportunities and identify patterns and trends in data using descriptive and inferential statistics.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Apply the fundamentals of quantitative reasoning to solve real-world problems.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Manipulate and summarise data that accurately represents real-world problems.

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Interpret and appraise statistical output to assist in real-world decision making.

GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Case study (Report) 2000 words 20% Week 5
Assessment 2: (Individual) Case Study: data analysis with written report (Analytical) 1000 words 30% Week 9
End-of-Unit Assessment: Written 2 hours 50% End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MIS770 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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