[SarahLeanne]

Hi everyone,

Couldn't find an active forum for this exam so thought I would start one. How is everyone getting along with their statistics revision? I am doing okay, although struggling on some parts like spearman's rank & standard deviation coz I'm teaching myself (haven't attended school in year 11 due to illness).

I have all the past papers & mark schemes from 2004 on the old spec exam and the June 2011 paper and mock paper for the new spec. Anyone wants them, just give me a shout

10 days till the exam! Please share any resources you have with me, they would be very much appreciated!

Sarah

[tonequads]

I would like them please

[nevarsan]

what are the most likely topic for this examm?

[GEEKSruletheworld!]

I'm also taking this exam next week.
From what i've intrepreted from the last 8 years of exams papers of this that I've seen, the most likely topics are:

-Understanding what is meant by a sample.[and the difefrent types of samples, EG. stratified]
-Understanding data and it's advantages and disadvantages [This includes primary and secondary, continous and discrete, quantative & qualitative]
-misleading charts/diagrams
-time series graphs, moving averages & seasonal variation etc.
-Scatter graphs-describing correlation in graphs and plotting mean points.
-interpreting tables
-percentages
-two-way tables
-probabaility. [Binomial distrubution,tree diagrams]
-Understanding advantages and disadvantages of a questionarrie against an interveiw
-Suitable questionnare question
-Comparing sitrubutions shown through boxplots[imcluding work about boxplots]
-Finding the estimated mean,median & mode from a frequency table.
-Comparative pie charts
-Histograms
-Spearmans rank correlation Co-effcient and Normal distrubution
-Capture/re-capture & Index numbers & Chain Base Index numbers

^^ that's it [I think].That's the simpliest list I can put it into. Good with revising! hope you have more luck than me.. :L

-Hope this helped

[GEEKSruletheworld!]

oh and I nearly forgot.

-Quality assurance is bound to come up!

[SarahLeanne]

(Original post by tonequads)
I would like them please

Hiya, so sorry only just replied, I don't come on here often so am useless, only just seen the message. Here is part 1 of the attachments, I have included the 2004 report, grade boundaries are at the bottom. All the other reports with grade boundaries are available on edexcel website here - http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gc.../default.aspx#

past paper 2005.pdf
past paper 2004.pdf
mark scheme 2006.pdf
past paper 2007.pdf
past paper 2008.pdf
past paper 2006.pdf
mark scheme 2005.pdf
mark scheme 2004.pdf
mark scheme 2007.pdf
2004 Report.doc

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[SarahLeanne]

(Original post by SarahLeanne)
Hiya, so sorry only just replied, I don't come on here often so am useless, only just seen the message. Here is part 1 of the attachments, I have included the 2004 report, grade boundaries are at the bottom. All the other reports with grade boundaries are available on edexcel website here - http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gc.../default.aspx#

past paper 2005.pdf
past paper 2004.pdf
mark scheme 2006.pdf
past paper 2007.pdf
past paper 2008.pdf
past paper 2006.pdf
mark scheme 2005.pdf
mark scheme 2004.pdf
mark scheme 2007.pdf
2004 Report.doc

attachments continued...

more attachments ...

specimen paper & mark scheme new version p45.pdf
mark scheme 2008.pdf
past paper 2009.pdf
past paper 2010.pdf
mark scheme 2010.pdf
mark scheme 2009.pdf

[SarahLeanne]

(Original post by GEEKSruletheworld!)
I'm also taking this exam next week.
From what i've intrepreted from the last 8 years of exams papers of this that I've seen, the most likely topics are:

-Understanding what is meant by a sample.[and the difefrent types of samples, EG. stratified]
-Understanding data and it's advantages and disadvantages [This includes primary and secondary, continous and discrete, quantative & qualitative]
-misleading charts/diagrams
-time series graphs, moving averages & seasonal variation etc.
-Scatter graphs-describing correlation in graphs and plotting mean points.
-interpreting tables
-percentages
-two-way tables
-probabaility. [Binomial distrubution,tree diagrams]
-Understanding advantages and disadvantages of a questionarrie against an interveiw
-Suitable questionnare question
-Comparing sitrubutions shown through boxplots[imcluding work about boxplots]
-Finding the estimated mean,median & mode from a frequency table.
-Comparative pie charts
-Histograms
-Spearmans rank correlation Co-effcient and Normal distrubution
-Capture/re-capture & Index numbers & Chain Base Index numbers

^^ that's it [I think].That's the simpliest list I can put it into. Good with revising! hope you have more luck than me.. :L

-Hope this helped

Thank you! I better get revising Good luck with all your exams

[brainx]

I'm sooooo worried!!

[SarahLeanne]

(Original post by brainx)
I'm sooooo worried!!

Don't worry yourself, you can only try your best

Have you tried doing the past papers? Also try & get the edexcel green book (ask me if you want the proper name and I'll look) because that has some questions and examples in. If you make sure you cover everything and do your best, you'll do great

If there is anything you don't understand I will try and help you out, just say

[rumenaislam]

(Original post by GEEKSruletheworld!)
I'm also taking this exam next week.
From what i've intrepreted from the last 8 years of exams papers of this that I've seen, the most likely topics are:

-Understanding what is meant by a sample.[and the difefrent types of samples, EG. stratified]
-Understanding data and it's advantages and disadvantages [This includes primary and secondary, continous and discrete, quantative & qualitative]
-misleading charts/diagrams
-time series graphs, moving averages & seasonal variation etc.
-Scatter graphs-describing correlation in graphs and plotting mean points.
-interpreting tables
-percentages
-two-way tables
-probabaility. [Binomial distrubution,tree diagrams]
-Understanding advantages and disadvantages of a questionarrie against an interveiw
-Suitable questionnare question
-Comparing sitrubutions shown through boxplots[imcluding work about boxplots]
-Finding the estimated mean,median & mode from a frequency table.
-Comparative pie charts
-Histograms
-Spearmans rank correlation Co-effcient and Normal distrubution
-Capture/re-capture & Index numbers & Chain Base Index numbers

^^ that's it [I think].That's the simpliest list I can put it into. Good with revising! hope you have more luck than me.. :L

-Hope this helped

Thank you!! I really think I'm going to fail this exam. :/

[rumenaislam]

(Original post by GEEKSruletheworld!)
oh and I nearly forgot.

-Quality assurance is bound to come up!

What is Quality assurance?

[priyanka44]

thanks for the exam papers, they are helping a lot!!

[Boggieeiggob]

thank you soooo much! I've got past papers, but no mark schemes D: i've been looking all over the place for them so thank you very much

[Azzy G]

what did you guys get in your coursework?

[ajmal]

I also have this exam on monday, but it says my exam is 2 hours long not 2:30 hours. Is this the same has everyone else or not.

[brainx]

(Original post by Azzy G)
what did you guys get in your coursework?

I got an A... and you?

[brainx]

(Original post by ajmal)
I also have this exam on monday, but it says my exam is 2 hours long not 2:30 hours. Is this the same has everyone else or not.

My exam is only 2 hours too

[mia_hilton]

Am I the only one who hasn't started Statistics revision? , i don't know where to start

[tazk786]

(Original post by ajmal)
I also have this exam on monday, but it says my exam is 2 hours long not 2:30 hours. Is this the same has everyone else or not.

They changed the spec so everyone's exam is 2hours now. We only have one paper to work from as a practice- the paper that is similar to the new exam. I really hope this goes well.