Methodology Peer Review

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Assessment 2 Information

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Your Task
• Activity 1: All students present in-class (to a partner) their plan for the below steps of the final
project:
o Determining what insights industry wants and sourcing data
o Data processing and management
o Data analytics techniques used
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• Activity 2: Students write a feedback report for their partner
• Activity 3: Students read the feedback from their partner and complete a short survey on how
useful it was
Assessment Description
This assessment will grade students based on their ability to help each other clarify their research
question, data and methodology.
Assessment Instructions
Activity 1: Presentations (30 Minutes)
• Beginning of class lecturer randomly assigns groups of two (2)
• Each student will present for 8-10 minutes outlining their plan for below parts of their research
project
o Determining what insights industry wants and sourcing data
What industry are you looking at? What business question do you want to answer? Is the
project feasible given the amount of time you have (12 weeks). Provide some feedback.
Where will you source your data? How do you anticipate that the data will help answer your
business question?
Is the data able to be analysed? (or are you going down the rabbit hole?)
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o Data processing and management
How will you store and manage the data?
How much cleaning and filtering do you anticipate the data will require?
Will the data sources require some effort to integrate?
o Data analytics techniques used
What techniques will you apply to the data? Have the techniques been used successfully
on other data previously?
How will these techniques provide insights to address the business problem?
What software will enable you to easily apply the analytics and visualize the data?
• The other group member will take detailed notes for their feedback report
Activity 2: Feedback Report (1 hour)
Students will write a brief feedback report (can be dot points as long as you use appropriate headings)
for their partner based on below points and send it to their partner as well as submitting on Turnitin.
Please remember that you will be marked based on the usability and helpfulness of your
comments. Please be respectful in your feedback and addressing the below.
Summary Section (50-100 words)**
A brief introduction to what question the student is addressing, their proposed data set and
methodology
Constructive Feedback (200-400 words)**
Provide one positive and one constructive piece of feedback about:
• The student’s business question and explanation of the industry
• Their data source. Refer back to lecture 3 for potential pitfalls and suggest where the
student may face problems.
• The methodology the student plans to use. Suggest alternatives if relevant, and identify
any issues they may face given their data and business question.
Recommendations (100 words)
Provide a holistic recommendation regarding the next steps that the students could take. For example,
more data sources, looking at different methodologies, going back to subject material from previous
subjects etc.
Once finished email to your partner and submit on Turnitin.
** If above information is not supplied by the other student. This is fine just state that in the report,
and speculate on what they COULD do.
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Activity 3: Survey (40 minutes)
• Each student shares the feedback with their partner
• Each student completes a google forms survey about how useful the feedback was. This
survey will ask the following question:
o How well their partner understood the direction of their project
o How useful their feedback for framing your business question, finding data and selecting
a methodology
o How constructive and respectful the feedback was
o Whether it gave you any novel ideas
o Whether it helped you feel more confident taking the next steps
• This survey will count for 30% of each student’s marks. i.e. the lecturer will consult it to decide
how useful each student’s feedback was to their partner.
• The other 70% of the mark will be based on the lecturer marking the feedback report.
The assessment marking guide next page
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Assessment Marking Guide

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Important Study Information
Academic Integrity Policy
KBS values academic integrity. All students must understand the meaning and consequences
of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Academic Integrity and Conduct
Policy.
What is academic integrity and misconduct?
What are the penalties for academic misconduct?
What are the late penalties?
How can I appeal my grade?
Click here for answers to these questions:
http://www.kbs.edu.au/current-students/student-policies/.
Word Limits for Written Assessments
Submissions that exceed the word limit by more than 10% will cease to be marked from the point
at which that limit is exceeded.
Study Assistance
Students may seek study assistance from their local Academic Learning Advisor or refer to the
resources on the MyKBS Academic Success Centre page. Click here for this information.
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