Assessment overview

This course will be assessed on the basis of a 3 formative assessments and 2 summative assessments.

Formative assessments are assessments that you can receive feedback on, but which will not be marked. These will give you a chance to keep on track with the course contents and get interim feedback that will better prepare you for the summative assessment. See below for info.

You will have to submit two summative assessments. They will weight 40% and 60% of the final mark.

See below for details.

Formative assessments

Data summary and visualisation

  • Formative assessment 1 requires you to read, mutate and plot a given data set. You can preview the formative instructions here: https://github.com/uoelel/sqmb-f1.

  • We will use GitHub Classroom for all assessments. For an overview of how GitHub Classroom works, watch these videos.

  • The GitHub Classroom invitation link can be found on Learn.

Statistical modelling

  • F2 requires you to find a data table and fit a model with one continuous outcome and one categorical predictor. You can preview the instructions here: https://github.com/uoelel/sqmb-f2.

  • From the .Rmd file, you will render a PDF and submit it over Turnitin. You can find the link to Turnitin on Learn under Assessment > Formative Assessment F2.

Formative 3: Week 11 (Due Thursday 6 April at NOON)

Data analysis report

  • Given a data table and a research question, submit a short and concise data analysis report, including summary measures, plots, and a linear model. You can download everything you need from here: https://github.com/uoelel/sqmb-f3.

  • From the .Rmd file, you will render a PDF and submit it over Turnitin. You can find the link to Turnitin on Learn under Assessment > Formative Assessment F3.

Summative assessments

Summative 1 - Thu 30 March

Due on Thursday 30 March at noon

The first summative contains a series of guided exercises. You can find the summative materials and exercises here: https://github.com/uoelel/sqmb-s1.

You may find helpful information in the FAQ post on Piazza here.

Summative 2 - Thu 27 April

Due on Thursday 27 April at noon

In the second summative assessment, you will:

  • select a dataset and its associated research questions,
  • analyse the data using one linear model, and
  • write a report about the data, the model, and your findings.

You can find more information about the assessment on GitHub here: https://github.com/uoelel/sqmb-s2