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AO3 Handling data<br />

6 Statistics and probability<br />

6.1<br />

Graphical<br />

representation<br />

of data<br />

6.2<br />

Statistical<br />

measures<br />

6.3<br />

Probability<br />

Students should be taught to:<br />

A construct and interpret histograms<br />

B construct cumulative frequency diagrams<br />

from tabulated data<br />

C use cumulative frequency diagrams<br />

A estimate the median from a cumulative<br />

frequency diagram<br />

B understand the concept of a measure of<br />

spread<br />

C find the interquartile range from a<br />

discrete data set<br />

D estimate the interquartile range from a<br />

cumulative frequency diagram<br />

A draw and use tree diagrams<br />

B determine the probability that two or<br />

more independent events will occur<br />

C use simple conditional probability when<br />

combining events<br />

D apply probability to simple problems<br />

Notes<br />

For continuous<br />

variables with<br />

unequal class<br />

intervals<br />

The terms ‘upper<br />

quartile’ and ‘lower<br />

quartile’ may be used<br />

Picking two balls out<br />

of a bag, one after<br />

the other, without<br />

replacement<br />

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Mathematics (Specification A) –<br />

Specification – Issue 1 – January 2016 © Pearson Education Limited 2016<br />

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