Edexcel GCSE Statistics (Foundation)

What is included

What this course covers

• Topic 1 — The collection of data (Section 1)

  • 1.1 – Planning
  • 1.2 – Types of data
  • 1.3 – Population and sampling
  • 1.4 – Collecting data

• Topic 2 — Processing, representing and analysing data (Section 2)

  • 2.1 – Tabulation, diagrams and representation
  • 2.2 – Measures of central tendency
  • 2.3 – Measures of dispersion
  • 2.4 – Further summary statistics
  • 2.5 – Scatter diagrams and correlation
  • 2.6 – Time series
  • 2.7 – Estimation

• Topic 3 — Probability (Section 3)

  • 3.1 – Estimating probabilities from collected data
  • 3.2 – The probability scale and expected frequency
  • 3.3 – Relative risk and absolute risk
  • 3.4 – Experimental and theoretical probability
  • 3.5 – Two-way tables, sample space diagrams, tree diagrams and Venn diagrams
  • 3.6 – Formal notation for independent events and conditional probability

• Topic 4 — Statistical enquiry cycle

  • 4.1 – Initial planning
  • 4.2 – Constraints in sourcing appropriate data
  • 4.3 – Ways that data can be processed and presented
  • 4.4 – Interpreting results with reference to the context of the problem
  • 4.5 – Clear and concise communication, and evaluating statistical work

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