2. Understanding Standards Statistics (Advanced Higher)
Mathematics

3. Aims of the day
To support teachers, lecturers and assessors in their understanding of national standards by:
reviewing candidate evidence
discussing this evidence and associated Marking Instructions with colleagues
asking questions and seeking clarification about national standards
consideration of A/B marks
reviewing outcome 2 assessment

4. External examination Question paper brief:
The question paper will give learners an opportunity to apply statistical techniques and skills to data handling and interpretation; probability theory; discrete random variables; particular probability distributions; sampling and the central limit theorem; intervals and estimation; bivariate analysis; parametric tests; non-parametric tests; and bivariate tests as specified in the table provided in the ‘Further mandatory information on Course coverage’ section at the end of the Course Assessment Specification.

5. External examination Question paper brief:
Proportion of level ‘C’ questions – some questions will use a stepped approach to ensure that there are opportunities for candidates to demonstrate their abilities beyond level ‘C’. Approximately 65% of the marks will be level ‘C’.

6. In Your Pack Your pack contains:
Question Paper and Marking Instructions
Workshop 1 Prompt
Candidate Evidence
Workshop 2 Prompt

7. Workshop 1
You have candidate responses and the Marking Instructions for the 2016 examination questions:
general discussion led by Principal Assessor
you will be asked to mark questions individually, perhaps with discussion, then consider which marks may be A/B.

8. Workshop 2 Introduction to Outcome 2 Assignments
review candidate evidence
general discussion.