Quantitative Reasoning

1015SCG

Workshop 8


Assessment: Summary

Item Weight Due
Workshop (best 5) 25% Ongoing
Employability A 5% Week 3
Maths and Inference 30% Week 7
Employability B 5% Week 9
Scientific Critiquing 35% Week 11
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Scientific Critiquing Task

In this exercise you will need to quantitatively evaluate the following statement:

We will replace all energy needs of Australia with xxx by the year 2035.

The last digit of the s-number The energy source
0 or 1 Solar energy
2 or 3 Wind energy
4 or 5 Hydro plants/Tidal energy
6 or 7 Biomass energy
8 or 9 Atomic energy

Layout Requirements

  • Use the Word template provided for your assessment task.
  • Submit your final task as a pdf document.
  • Length: 1200 words ±10%, excluding displayed equations, tables, figures, figure captions, references, appendices, and template elements.
  • Include your word count at the start of your document.
  • You must use American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style.
  • Because numerical arguments may increase the word count, you may include an optional Numerical Workings appendix and refer to it in the main text. The appendix must contain only calculations; all critique must appear in the main text.

Today's main activity

  1. Choose your topic.
  2. Draft a plan for your scientific critiquing task: 200 words max

Time: 30 mins max




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