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LDS - maths Alevel

for the large data set for maths alevel is it worth practising the past paper questions from other LDS's or is this a waste of time? Idk if this is a dumb question but like I always skip them when i do past papers and idk if thats wrong ??

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by scarlet.morris
for the large data set for maths alevel is it worth practising the past paper questions from other LDS's or is this a waste of time? Idk if this is a dumb question but like I always skip them when i do past papers and idk if thats wrong ??

For my exam board, AQA, our large data set is focussed on carbon emissions and vehicles. If I'm being honest, it doesn't really make much sense and isn't really worth many marks unless they give you a hypothesis test about it. It would be worth practicing questions on this even just to familiarise yourself with the LDS but I wouldn't necessarily prioritise this over something like hypothesis testing (particularly normal and binomial) as they are worth significantly more marks and almost always come up in the exam. Hope this helps!

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by KateHoward2
For my exam board, AQA, our large data set is focussed on carbon emissions and vehicles. If I'm being honest, it doesn't really make much sense and isn't really worth many marks unless they give you a hypothesis test about it. It would be worth practicing questions on this even just to familiarise yourself with the LDS but I wouldn't necessarily prioritise this over something like hypothesis testing (particularly normal and binomial) as they are worth significantly more marks and almost always come up in the exam. Hope this helps!

TYSM! :smile:

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sorry this isn't much related on the lds but I'm currently studying alevel maths and im finding it really hard to catch up and understand it. I know going through past papers is good but i don't want to do a past paper without properly knowing the topic?

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