Course Content - What will you be studying?

Content overview 1. The collection of data 2. Processing, representing and analysing data 3. Probability

Assessment weighting - Exams / Coursework

Written examination: 2 x 1 hour and 30 minutes 50% of the qualification 80 marks.

Who is this course aimed at?

The aims and objectives of this qualification are to enable students to develop statistical fluency and understanding through:

- the use of statistical techniques in a variety of authentic investigations, using real-world data in contexts such as, but not limited to, populations, climate, sales etc.

- identifying trends through carrying out appropriate calculations and data visualisation techniques

- the application of statistical techniques across the curriculum, in subjects such as the sciences, social sciences, computing, geography, business and economics, and outside the classroom in the world in general

- critically evaluating data, calculations and evaluations that would be commonly encountered in their studies and in everyday life

- understanding how technology has enabled the collection, visualisation and analysis of large quantities of data to inform decision-making processes in public, commercial and academic sectors, including how technology can be used to generate diagrams and visualisations to represent data

- understand ways that data can be organised, processed and presented, including statistical measures to compare data, understanding the advantages of using technology to automate processing

- applying appropriate mathematical and statistical formulae, and building on prior knowledge.

Head of Subject

Jaime Bassett jbassett@millbayacademy.org