COURSEWORK

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All GCSE courses now require each student to submit two pieces of coursework; one targetting the Using and Applying Mathematics strand of the GSCE and the other involving a Handling Data task. Now, whilst each task demands a willingness to work around a particular problem and a little independent thought, the main problem for the majority of students remains one of writing the final reports.

Within this page I have therefore placed a few documents which I hope will assist (particularly with the Handling Data task) any student when working upon their coursework. These include background notes and examples of completed tasks etc.

I do not include any practice exercises / tasks as yet, since students are better off obtaining these from their teachers.



Notes on the Handling Data task.
>>>DOWNLOAD<<<		 This 4-page document gives some background information (including basic mark schemes) on the Handling Data task and a basic list of do's and do nots!
A glossary of statistical terms.
>>>DOWNLOAD<<<		 This 3-page document lists many of the important statistical terms along with their meanings. It is vital that students use correct statistical terminology in any written task.
A discussion of discrete data.
>>>DOWNLOAD<<<		 This 6-page document explains what is meant by discrete data and demonstrates how to graph and analyse such data.
A discussion of continuous data.
>>>DOWNLOAD<<<		 This 8-page document explains what is meant by continuous data and demonstrates how to graph and analyse such data.
An example of a completed Handling Data task.
>>>DOWNLOAD<<<		 This 11-page document shows a complete statistical project from beginning to end.
I would claim that this is of grade B standard.