Topic 6: Statistics and Probability – IGCSE Edexcel Higher Maths revision notes

What this topic covers

Topic 6: Statistics and Probability has 6 subtopics:

• Statistical Enquiry and Sampling
• Statistical Diagrams and Distributions
• Averages, Quartiles and Spread
• Scatter Graphs and Correlation
• Probability Foundations
• Combined and Conditional Probability

Topic 6: Statistics and Probability lessons by subtopic

23 lessons, grouped by subtopic.

Statistical Enquiry and Sampling

• Populations, Samples and Sampling
• Making Inferences from Samples
• Comparing Populations with Statistical Measures

Statistical Diagrams and Distributions

• Choosing and Interpreting Statistical Charts
• Constructing Statistical Diagrams and Comparing Distributions
• Histograms and Cumulative Frequency Curves

Averages, Quartiles and Spread

• Choosing Statistical Diagrams and Summary Measures
• Box Plots and Quartiles
• Measures of Central Tendency and Spread

Scatter Graphs and Correlation

• Scatter Graphs and Correlation
• Lines of Best Fit, Interpolation and Extrapolation

Probability Foundations

• Recording and Analysing Probability Experiments
• Expected Outcomes in Probability Experiments
• Relative Frequency and Theoretical Probability
• Experimental Probability, Relative Frequency and Sample Size
• Probability Scale, Equally Likely Outcomes and Expected Frequency

Combined and Conditional Probability

• Systematic Enumeration Using Tables, Grids and Venn Diagrams
• Constructing Possibility Spaces and Calculating Theoretical Probabilities
• Exhaustive Sets and Mutually Exclusive Events
• Calculating Probabilities from Tree Diagrams
• Tree Diagrams for Combined Events
• Conditional Probability from Tables, Tree Diagrams and Venn Diagrams
• Interpreting Conditional Probability and Expected Frequencies

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