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Individual Assignment 1
General Notices
1. All plots, analyses and technical work must be completed using Python
2. The late penalty is 5% of the assignment mark per day starting at the due date.
3. The assignment is marked anonymously.
4. Collusion and plagiarism are obvious to markers and will not be tolerated.
Academic Integrity
Please be aware of the University’s academic integrity policies. Issues of academic integrity are taken seriously by the University and the
BUSS6002 team. If you are suspected of dishonest behaviour you will be referred to the Academic Integrity Office who will process your case.
This may result in delayed results, mark reduction, failure of the unit or expulsion.
Dishonest behaviour includes but is not limited to:
using contract cheating services
plagiarism such as copying phrases, paragraphs etc
not appropriately referencing
You are encouraged to refer to the full policy and guidelines on the University of Sydney website
(https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/39595/assignments/372346) https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/academic-integrity.html
(https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/academic-integrity.html)
You can access the Academic Honesty module on canvas at any time https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/29833
(https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/29833)
Allowed Packages
You must use only the Python packages covered in tutorials e.g. Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib. Use of automatic EDA packages will
result in a Fail grade for this component.
Assignment Overview
Due Date: 23:59 Sunday May 1st, 2021
Weight: 20%
Max Length: 1000 words (excluding code and tables), we will stop reading at 1100 words.
Type: Individual
Submission Type: Jupyter Notebook (.ipynb) via Canvas
Problem Background
Bellingen Riverwatch was created to provide consistent water quality data in the Bellinger and Kalang catchments following a disease
outbreak that caused a mass death event of the Critically Endangered Bellinger River Snapping Turtle (BRST) in early 2015. A lack of water
quality data was identified by scientists and community alike as a priority focus area.
Bellingen Riverwatch engages 43 local community volunteers and 5 schools to collect monthly water quality data at 30 sites every month
across the Bellinger, Never Never, and Kalang Rivers.
River health and water quality can change due to a wide range of factors, such as geology, rainfall, vegetation cover, gradient/steepness and
size of the catchment, human impacts through land use, natural disasters, climate, and much more. To help build a picture of a catchments’
health, ongoing and regular monitoring of water quality is required to build baseline data – a picture of the conditions for that particular
waterway.
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Question
The Bellingen Riverwatch citizen scientists have asked you to help answer the following question:
What were the water quality grades and scores for Bellingen Riverwatch sites annually and each summer?
Requirements
To help answer the question you must perform an exploratory analysis of the data.
Your exploratory analysis must contain the following:
1. A description of the dataset including a complete data dictionary
2. Identification and categorisation of data quality issues
3. Outline of any modifications or data processing accompanied by context driven justification
4. Exploration of relationships and trends including both identification, analysis and any conclusions that can be drawn
Throughout your analysis you must relate your findings to the context of the problem. For example when investigating data quality issues you
will need to consider how the data has been collected and by who. Such information can be found in the Volunteer Manual.
Your EDA will consist of a Jupyter Notebook, in which you will use Markdown cells to provide commentary on your EDA process.
Suggested Structure
1. Data description (100 words)
2. Data dictionary (100 words)
3. Data quality analysis (200 words)
4. Exploratory analysis (500 words)
5. Conclusion (100 words)
Tables are not included in the word count.
Submission Items
You must submit a Jupyter Notebook (.ipynb) file with the following filename format, replacing STUDENTID with your own student ID
BUSS6002_STUDENTID.ipynb
Data
Download files 1-4 here (ZIP 5.4MB) (https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/39595/files/23011548?wrap=1)
(https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/39595/files/23011548/download?download_frd=1)
1. Community water quality data 2017 to current
2. Riverwatch Sites
3. Volunteer Manual
4. Data Quality Statement
5. About Our Program – Bellingen Riverwatch (PDF 48.9 MB) (https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/39595/files/23395173?wrap=1)
(https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/39595/files/23395173/download?download_frd=1)
Data Sources
Bellingen Riverwatch – community water quality data 2017 to current
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https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/bellingen-riverwatch (https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/bellingen-riverwatch)
Bellinger River Health Program 2017-2020: DPIE Science Water quality and Macroinvertebrate data
https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/bellinger-river-health-program-2017-2020-dpie-science-water-quality-andmacroinvertebrate-data (https://datasets.seed.nsw.gov.au/dataset/bellinger-river-health-program-2017-2020-dpie-science-water-quality-andmacroinvertebrate-data)
BR Website
https://sites.google.com/ozgreen.org.au/bellingenriverwatch (https://sites.google.com/ozgreen.org.au/bellingenriverwatch)
Marking Criteria
Analysis
5 marks
LO1, LO2,
LO3, LO7
the data is
extremely
limited or
missing. Data
dictionary is not
provided or is
mostly
incomplete.
Data quality
issues are
weakly or not
considered. A
plan is not
outlined to
manage data
quality issues.
complete and
correct
description of
the data is
provided. The
description is
accompanied by
a mostly
complete data
dictionary.
A brief
discussion of
data quality
issues is
provided and
accompanied by
an outline of
data quality
issues. Plan is
executed mostly
as outlined.
comprehensive,
contextually and
technically
correct
description of
the data is
provided. The
description is
accompanied by
a complete data
dictionary.
A discussion of
data quality
issues is
provided and
accompanied by
an outline of
data quality
issues. Plan is
executed mostly
as outlined.
comprehensive,
contextually and
technically
correct
description of
the data is
provided. The
description is
accompanied by
a complete data
dictionary.
An Assessment of
data quality
issues is
provided and
accompanied by
a plan to
manage any
data quality
issues. Plan is
executed as
outlined.
comprehensive,
contextually and
technically
correct
description of
the data is
provided. The
description is
accompanied by
a complete data
dictionary.
An Assessment
and analysis of
data quality
issues is
provided and
accompanied by
a contextually
justified plan to
manage any
data quality
issues. Plan is
executed as
outlined.
FA PS CR DI HD
Exploratory Description or A description A clear and A clear and A detailed and

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