A-Level Maths: Statistics (Year 1 / AS)

A-Level Maths: Statistics (Year 1 / AS), This course covers everything in the statistics component of maths A-Level AS content, usually covered in the first year of study (Year 12). The course is suitable for all major exam boards, including Edexcel, OCR, AQA and MEI. It is also a great introduction to statistics for anyone interested in getting started. Analysing Data – we will learn how to calculate means and medians, including from grouped data and using linear interpolation, as well as a range of different measures of spread, including interquartile range and standard deviation. We also how to merge data sets and how to code data. Representing Data – we will learn a wide range of different ways to represent data, such as histograms, cumulative frequency curves and box plots. We also look at what outliers are, and how to represent these. Bivariate Data – we will learn how to represent bivariate data in a scatter graph, how to interpret correlation, and look at regression lines. Probability – we learn what independent and mutually exclusive events are, and how to represent these in Venn diagrams and tree diagrams. Binomial Distribution – we learn what the binomial distribution is, how to calculate probabilities with it, including how to use a calculator to speed things up. Hypothesis Tests – we learn how carry out a binomial hypothesis test, including one-tailed and two-tailed tests, as well as critical regions.