Assignment:
The Group Project is intended to allow you to demonstrate your ability to present statistical data using graphs (Week 3 material), your ability to draw out and analyse descriptive statistics such as means, medians, ranges, deciles, etc (Week 4 material) to describe income and wealth distribution in Australia, and your ability to consider changes in wealth and income distribution over time (Week 5 material). It is intended that you should analyse ABS data (authentic learning) and consider changes in income and wealth distribution in Australia from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching principle Preferential Option for the Poor and the Vulnerable.
To get started, it would be a good idea to search around for current articles on income and wealth distribution in Australia plus articles dealing with changing income distribution and its impact on the poor and vulnerable. You could also look at comparative articles looking at income and wealth distribution in other countries. The main reason for doing this literature review is to generate a number of themes that you would use to build your own examination of income and wealth distribution. These themes would allow you to set out certain research objectives you would like to accomplish in your paper, and once you have set out research objectives/questions, you would then present your analysis using graphs and statistical tables to describe income and wealth distribution in Australia. When presenting your conclusion, make sure that it answers the research objective/questions that you set and that it is logically consistent with your analysis.
APPENDIX 1: PROJECT: Using the data presented in Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Issue 6523.0 Household Income and Wealth, Australia, 2013-14, write a report commenting on income and wealth distribution in Australia in light of CST Preferential Option for the Poor and Vulnerable. Your report should detail current income and wealth distribution and how it has changed over the last ten years. Your report should use a variety of graphs and charts to visually present your data (as per Week 3 Topic), various measures of central tendency and variation (as per Week 4 Topic) to describe income and wealth distributions, and time series and index numbers to present changes over time (as per Week 5 Topic). You should then consider your data in the context of CST Preferential Option for the Poor and Vulnerable and conclude as to Australia's performance in respect to this principle. Note that the Preferential Option for the Poor & Vulnerable principle considers "the purpose of economic activity is to advance all members of society including the most poor and vulnerable". According to Francis I, "the measure of the greatness of a society is found in the way its treats those most in need".
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Issue 6523.0 Household Income and Wealth, Australia, 2013-14
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/[email protected]/DetailsPage/6523.02013-14?OpenDocument
Marking Guide:
Appropriate use of graphs and charts to visually present your data
Appropriate use of the various measures of central tendency and variation to elucidate income and wealth distribution
Appropriate use of times series and index numbers to demonstrate change in income and wealth distribution over time
Discussion of income and wealth distribution based on statistical data presented in light of CST
The submission will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Thoroughness of research;
- Quality of statistical presentations;
- Coherence of arguments;
- Consistency of arguments throughout the submission;
- Attention to detail.
Submission requirements:
- The assignment carries a word limit of 3,000 words, excluding references and appendices.
- The assignment is to be submitted on Turnitin and will be checked for originality.
Please make sure there is strong quality control for the assignment.
No Of Pages/Words : 3,000
Attachment:- Catholic Social Teaching.rar