NCEA Level 3 Statistics and Probability
Although this years timetables are yet to be finalised, course selection is now finished. Any changes to student courses will now take place next year.
Subject Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs H. Cason.
What is Statistics?
We live in an increasingly data-rich and digital world. Computers allow us to collect and store information in quantities that previously would not even have been dreamt of. However, raw, undigested data stored on computers is useless until people can start to make sense of it.
Statistics is the human side of the digital revolution, an information science, the art and science of extracting meaning from seemingly incomprehensible data. Statistics applies to almost any field, which is why some training in statistics can help make you more effective and more employable, regardless of the career direction you choose.
Statistics is about investigation: asking questions, designing ways to collect data to answer those questions, collecting data, making sense of what the data say to produce sensible answers.
Careers and pathways:
Statisticians make sense of data and use those insights to explain what is observed and predict what is as yet unknown. There are many avenues for study and work, from statistical theory to its application in biology, climate science, medicine, the social sciences, physics, agriculture, finance and economics, and even history and archaeology.
What the course is like:
There is more reading and writing than calculating in Statistics.
There are three internals – each one is a full statistical investigation report involving research, written over the course of a week.
There are two externals – one heavy on calculation (Probability Distributions) one heavy on concepts (Evaluating Statistical Reports)
Comparing Courses: 13STAT and 13MAS
13MAS | 13STAT |
Bivariate Data | Bivariate Data |
Systems of Equations | Time Series |
Linear Programming | Experiments |
Critical Path Analysis | |
Probability Distributions | Probability Distributions |
Probability Concepts | Statistical Reports |
total credits = 20 | total credits = 20 |
Subject Overview
Term 1
Bivariate Data
Time Series
Term 2
Time Series
Statistical Experiments
Probability Distributions
Term 3
Probability Distributions (continued)
Statistical Reports
Term 4
Statistical Reports
Revision
Prior Learning
Prerequisites:
- Achievement in at least 3 of the standards offered in the Level 2 Mathematics courses, with 2.12 (Probability) being one of these standards.
- A minimum of 1 Merit in a Statistics Achievement Standard
- Competence in statistical report writing.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Approximately $25 to cover the costs of maths workbooks and notes
Laptop
Casio FX9750Gii or FX9750Giii Graphics Calculator
Please refer to the stationery list for stationery requirements.
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
This course is approved for University Entrance.
Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.
External
NZQA Info
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Approved subject for University Entrance
Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20
Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.
Disclaimer
Your selection does not guarantee course placement. Course costs and standards listed may vary.