Advanced Business Analytics (BUSA90501) // Assessment

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Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Machine Learning: 5 × Individual in-class quizzes, equivalent to 150 words each, weekly (beginning week 3)

  • 150 words (each)
During the teaching period25%

Machine Learning: Syndicate assignment and presentation

  • 900 words (equivalent)
Week 525%

Machine Learning: Final individual assessment problem

  • 1750 words (equivalent)
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to pass the assignment to pass the subject.		Week 950%

Causal Analytics: Syndicate assignment, week 5 & 7

  • 900 words (equivalent)
From Week 5 to Week 740%

Causal Analytics: Final individual assessment problem

  • 1750 words
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to pass the assignment to pass the subject.		Week 960%

Predictive Analytics: Individual assignment

  • 900 words
Week 320%

Predictive Analytics: Syndicate assignment

  • 900 words (equivalent)
Week 630%

Predictive Analytics: Final exam, equivalent to 1750 words

  • 2 hours (of work required)
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to pass the exam to pass the subject.		Week 950%

Text and Web Analytics: Individual quiz, equivalent to 350 words

  • 20 minutes
Week 310%

Text and Web Analytics: Syndicate project 1

  • 900 words (equivalent)
Week 520%

Text and Web Analytics: Syndicate project 2

  • 900 words (equivalent)
Week 720%

Text and Web Analytics: Final individual assessment problem

  • 1750 words (equivalent)
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to pass the assignment to pass the subject.		Week 950%

Personal Effectiveness 2: Class participation (attendance at skills workshops, peer and instructor evaluation of contribution to class learning), during all classes

Throughout the teaching period10%

Personal Effectiveness 2: Individual presentations (as part of group presentations), weekly

  • 500 words (equivalent)
Throughout the teaching period30%

Personal Effectiveness 2: Syndicate project (as part of business communications/data visualisation)

  • 600 words (equivalent)
Week 730%

Personal Effectiveness 2: Individual technical report

  • 600 words (equivalent)
Hurdle requirement: Students are required to pass the assignment to pass the subject.		Week 950%

Additional details

This subject's assessment is based on five distinct components (below). Assessment items within each module are detailed above. Each module contributes 20% to the overall mark. 

  • Machine Learning (20% overall)
  • Causal Analytics (20% overall)
  • Predictive Analytics (20% overall)
  • Text and Web Analytics (20% overall)
  • Personal Effectiveness 2 (20% overall)

Last updated: 3 November 2022