Undergraduate, Postgraduate - UnitETC4860 - Research paper

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12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics
Offered	Clayton Full year 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester to First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Xueyan Zhao

Synopsis

Topics for seminar presentation are selected in consultation with the coordinator. A list of possible topics will be distributed but students are encouraged to propose subjects of interest to them, based in their own discipline. Students present one paper, act as formal discussant on another, and are expected to engage in discussion of others.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

develop the skills to present an area of research in the discipline of econometrics or statistics in a non-technical manner, both written and oral
grow in ability to ask and address critical questions about research.

Assessment

Within semester assessment : 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Xueyan Zhao

Workload requirements

3 hours per week