Curriculum
Statistics
“Numbers have an important story to tell. They rely on you to give them a clear and convincing voice.” Stephen Few
Completing the GCSE in statistics helps students apply maths to real-life situations. They learn how to collect, represent, and analyse data, which helps them spot misleading diagrams and fake news, making them critical thinkers.
Topics studied:
Designing statistical investigations Classifying data and using unbiased sampling techniques
- Conducting fair experiments
- Simulating and cleaning data
- Representing data to highlight findings
- Identifying misleading statistics and graphs
- Calculating averages and measures of spread
Additional topics at higher levels:
- Quality assurance
- Standard deviation, weighted means, and geometric means
The statistics curriculum follows the data handling cycle, covering:
- Types of data
- Designing statistical investigations
- Collecting data through interviews, experiments, and questionnaires
- Summarizing and representing data
- Using various statistical methods and representations
