Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
6
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Graded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand how statistical diagrams can be used to support problem solving.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Explain how statistical diagrams can be used in problem solving activities:

    • Stem and leaf plots
    • Box and whisker plots.

2.

Be able to interpret statistical diagrams.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Apply stem and leaf plots to solve a problem.

  • 2.2.

    Apply box and whisker plots to solve a problem.

  • 2.3.

    Solve problems involving skewness.


3.

Be able to work with bivariate data.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Perform calculations to establish the correlation coefficient.

  • 3.2.

    Solve a problem involving linear regression.


4.

Be able to solve probability problems.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1.

    Apply a sample space diagram to solve a problem.

  • 4.2.

    Apply Venn diagrams to solve a problem.

  • 4.3.

    Apply conditional probability to solve a problem.

  • 4.4.

    Solve problems involving mutually exclusive events.

  • 4.5.

    Solve problems involving independent events.

  • 4.6.

    Solve problems with Bayes theorem.


5.

Be able to solve problems involving discrete random variables.

Assessment Criteria

  • 5.1.

    Solve problems involving the probability distribution.

  • 5.2.

    Solve problems involving probability functions.

  • 5.3.

    Solve problems involving cumulative distribution functions.

  • 5.4.

    Calculate the mean of a discrete random variable.

  • 5.5.

    Calculate the variance of a discrete random variable.

  • 5.6.

    Solve problems involving linear transformations of a discrete random variable.


6.

Be able to solve problems involving the normal distribution.

Assessment Criteria

  • 6.1.

    Use normal tables to solve a problem.

  • 6.2.

    Solve problems involving the mean and standard deviation of a normal distribution.