This course will familiarise students with common methods used in biological anthropology. Specifically, it will deal with issues including the methods of data analysis, data presentation and hypothesis testing within the discipline of biological anthropology. This will be accomplished through students conducting both qualitative and quantitative analysis on an existing data set, to be provided by the convenor or supervisor, and to interpret all analyse. The main aim of this course is to prepare students for the data analysis portion of their own thesis projects and future research in the discipline.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- Choose an appropriate research design to answer their research questions.
- Assess a data set and use appropriate techniques to clean it.
- Use descriptive statistics to describe the data set.
- Choose the correct statistical tests to perform significance testing on data sets.
- 5. Interpret statistic tests and present results in a scientific format.
Indicative Assessment
Oral presentation of methods relevant to a thesis, 20 min (20%) (LO 1)Data analysis project of 4000 words (80%) (LO 2,3,4,5)
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Workload
2 contact hours per week for 13 weeks. Students are expected to commit a further 8 hours of independent study per teaching week over the semester (130 hours total).Requisite and Incompatibility
Assumed Knowledge
Basic knowledge of biological anthropology or cognate discipline required.Fees
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3480 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $4638 |
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4463 | 15 Feb 2016 | 26 Feb 2016 | 31 Mar 2016 | 27 May 2016 | In Person | N/A |
