Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
QS RANKING 2020
Times Higher Education Ranking 2020
Subject details
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- Statistical Investigations
- Data Collection
- Summarising Data
- Drawing Conclusions and Statistical Inference
- Analysing and Evaluating Research
- Proportional Reasoning
- Algebraic Reasoning
- Critically Evaluating Numerical Arguments
- Financial Literacy – Using Excel and Word Equation Editor
No eligibility requirements
Special requirements
No special requirements
In this subject you will develop the mathematical knowledge, skills, and confidence essential for further University study. In particular, you will explore and apply methods for:
- Gathering, presenting and analysing numerical information (data, graphs, statistics)
- Reasoning about relative proportions (ratios, scaling, percentages, fractions)
- Thinking about numbers and abstract patterns (algebraic reasoning)
The focus is on developing skills in these areas and using numerical reasoning to identify and analyse problems, draw and justify conclusions, and make sense of real-life situations.
- Tutorial Worksheets (45%%)
- Weekly Quiz: Multiple choice or Short Answer Quizzes (15%%)
- Short answer Assessment 1 (15%%)
- Short answer Assessment 2 (25%%)