This assessment is designed to develop your skills in identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate methods in the measurement of inequalities.
You will use an Australian Bureau of Statistics dataset to create a figure to represent income inequality of some kind. The week 7 lecture will go over how to access ABS Tablebuilder (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) in detail.
The paper should be 1000 words in length (including references in Harvard style), and include concise and carefully argued interpretation of the results and address the set topic of income inequality and socio-economic differences.
You will also need to upload your original excel data file with the figure you created from the data.

Assessment criteria
1) Appropriate and accurate graphical representation of income inequality;
2) Thoroughness of analysis of income inequality methods;
3) Appropriate and critical use of inequality literature;
4) Clear argument for the income inequality measure chosen;
5) Clear and succinct written expression;
6) Attention to detail in citation and referencing using Harvard style.
Instructions
You will write a report on the distribution of income in Australia, and the relationship between income inequality and one key form of socio-economic difference e.g. gender, indigeneity, disability, citizenship status, language spoken at home, state, marital status, education and so on. All of these differences are variables that you can choose in the ABS Census dataset. You will need to justify the choice of variable that you make and connect it to issues and ideas discussed in class and the literature.
Your submission should include an excel file with your final calculations of income inequality and the graph you create to represent the main finding. You must submit an .xls or .xlsx file.
The report should be laid out in the following fashion.

1. Report introduction. Discussion of income inequality nationally in Australia, and the evidence to suggest that your chosen variable is a key point of interest in explaining the unequal distribution of income across the population.
2. Methodology. Describe how you identified, retrieved and analysed your data from the ABS Census tablebuilder. Someone who reads this report should be able to figure out exactly how you did your calculations and be able to repeat them on the basis of your reporting in this section.
3. Findings. Describe the key data illustrating income inequality that you found. Provide one figure that accurately portrays the main message about income inequality and how it relates to your chosen variable. You may also report in text other calculations that you have done. The figure you present should be the most important message you want to portray graphically.
4. Discussion. Discuss the findings and their significance. Relate your analysis to existing literature on income inequality and related socio-economic inequalities in the Australian political economy.
5. Conclusion. Briefly conclude reflecting on your method and the main finding.
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   Rubric
   Assessment criterion. This is a guide to the strengths and weaknesses of the paper. Please note that the boxes are qualitative indicators of strengths or room for improvement in different aspects of your work. Not all criteria listed have equal weight.
   Assessment criterion. This is a guide to the strengths and weaknesses of the paper. Please note that the boxes are qualitative indicators of strengths or room for improvement in different aspects of your work. Not all criteria listed have equal weight.
   Criteria Ratings
   This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome1) Appropriate and accurate graphical representation of income inequality; Excellent Very good Good Okay Poor

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome2) Thoroughness of analysis of income inequality methods; Excellent Very good Good Okay Poor

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome3) Appropriate and critical use of inequality literature; Excellent Very good Good Okay Poor

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome4) Clear argument for the income inequality measure chosen; Excellent Very good Good Okay Poor

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome5) Clear and succinct written expression; Excellent Very good Good Okay Poor

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome6) Attention to detail in citation and referencing using Harvard style. Excellent Very good Good Okay Poor