Exam board: Edexcel
This course is a tiered examination with two levels of entry:
• the Higher tier awards grades 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, (Grade 3 allowed)
• the Foundation tier awards grades 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Paper 1
The assessment is 1 hour and 30 minutes Calculators may be used in the examination
Paper 2
The assessment is 1 hour and 30 minutes Calculators may be used in the examination
Content:
The Statistical Enquiry Cycle
Data Collection: Types of data (definitions), variables, data collection techniques and sampling.
Petersens formula
Data Presentation:
Venn Diagrams, Histograms, Pie Charts, Cumulative Frequency, Box Plots, Chloropleth Graphs, Stem and Leaf Diagrams, Two Way Tables
Central Tendency and Dispersion
Arithmetic, Geometric and Weighted means
Range, Inter Quartile Range, Standard Deviation
Median, Quartiles, Mode, Modal Class
Skew, Outliers
Scattergraphs and Correlation
Scattergraphs, Lines of best fit, interpolation and extrapolation
Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
Spearmans Rank Correlation Coefficient
Time Series,
Seasonal Variations, Moving Averages, Trends, Index Numbers
Probability:
Tree Diagrams, Sample Space Diagrams, Conditional and Unconditional Probability, Mutuallly Exclusive events and associated formulae. Experimental, theoretical data and relative frequency. Bias.
Distributions:
Normal Distribution and standardized scores
Binomial Distribution. Mean and standard deviation. Means of samples.
Resources:
GCSE Statistics (1ST0) Higher Tier Scheme of Work - View
Pearson Sample Assessment Materials - View