Assignment:
The purpose of this assessment task is practical application of descriptive statistics. You are requested to search for real world data and process it using appropriate numerical and graphical techniques covered in your course. You should make sure that the techniques chosen are appropriate for the data type you are dealing with. The final outcome should be a short presentation of maximum 10ss slides.
Individual tasks:
1. Find a reliable source of raw statistical data recently published in an area that interests you. Reliable sources would be for example published research studies, Australian Bureau of Statistics, international organisations such as International Monetary Fund, Australian Bureau of Statistics etc.
2. Use appropriate graphical methods to present your data. Include a brief bullet point explanation of the information presented in the graphs as well as brief commentary on the appropriateness of the graphical methods used.
3. Based on the nature of your data, use appropriate numerical descriptive measures to analyse and interpret your data. Include a brief bullet point explanation of the choice of the measures as well as interpretation of their results.
4. Make sure you include references to the source of your data and include the data file used.