development of questions and development of questions and development of questions development of questions use of questions and purposeful gathering of data informed gathering of data and gathering of data and and gathering of aspects of aspects of data and and information from different and information from different information from different data and information from information from sources sources when researching to sources when researching to sources when researching to different sources when when researching to effectively investigate an effectively investigate an investigate an economic or researching to investigate investigate aspects of an economic or business issue economic or business issue business issue aspects of an economic or economic or business issue business issue ation of data to trends ation of data to and explain ation of data to and describe use of data to aspects of statements about data and trends trends trends trends justified proposal of informed proposal of proposal of alternative identification of alternative statements about: alternative responses to an alternative responses to an responses to an issue responses to an issue responses to an issue issue issue assessment of the costs assessment of aspects of aspects of the costs and thorough assessment of the detailed assessment of the and benefits of each the costs and benefits of benefits costs and benefits of each costs and benefits of each alternative each alternative alternative alternative Skills discerning application of informed application of application of economics application of aspects of use of economics and economics and business economics and business and business knowledge, economics and business business knowledge and knowledge, skills and knowledge, skills and skills and concepts to knowledge and skills to skills to make statements concepts to familiar problems concepts to familiar problems familiar problems familiar problems about familiar problems development and purposeful development and effective development and development and partial fragmented presentation presentation of justified presentation of informed presentation of conclusions presentation of conclusions using texts and fragmented conclusions using appropriate conclusions using appropriate using appropriate texts, using texts and aspects of use of terms and concepts texts and relevant terms and texts and relevant terms and terms and concepts terms and concepts concepts concepts identification and explanation identification and description identification of the: identification of aspects of statements about: of the: of the: the: effects of their decisions the effects of their effects of their decisions effects of their decisions effects of their decisions decisions possible effects of possible effects of possible effects of alternative actions possible effects of possible alternative alternative actions alternative actions alternative actions actions Key shading emphasises the qualities that discriminate between the A–E descriptors
Skills development of questions and purposeful gathering of data and information from different sources when researching to effectively investigate an economic or business issue development of questions and informed gathering of data and information from different sources when researching to effectively investigate an economic or business issue development of questions and gathering of data and information from different sources when researching to investigate an economic or business issue development of questions and gathering of aspects of data and information from different sources when researching to investigate aspects of an economic or business issue use of questions and aspects of data and information from sources when researching to investigate aspects of an economic or business issue ation of data to and explain trends ation of data to and describe trends ation of data to trends use of data to aspects of trends statements about data and trends justified proposal of alternative responses to an issue thorough assessment of the costs and benefits of each alternative informed proposal of alternative responses to an issue detailed assessment of the costs and benefits of each alternative proposal of alternative responses to an issue assessment of the costs and benefits of each alternative identification of alternative responses to an issue assessment of aspects of the costs and benefits of each alternative statements about: responses to an issue aspects of the costs and benefits discerning application of economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts to familiar problems informed application of economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts to familiar problems application of economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts to familiar problems application of aspects of economics and business knowledge and skills to familiar problems use of economics and business knowledge and skills to make statements about familiar problems development and purposeful presentation of justified conclusions using appropriate texts and relevant terms and concepts development and effective presentation of informed conclusions using appropriate texts and relevant terms and concepts development and presentation of conclusions using appropriate texts, terms and concepts development and partial presentation of conclusions using texts and aspects of terms and concepts fragmented presentation using texts and fragmented use of terms and concepts identification and explanation of the: effects of their decisions possible effects of alternative actions identification and description of the: effects of their decisions possible effects of alternative actions identification of the: effects of their decisions possible effects of alternative actions identification of aspects of the: effects of their decisions possible effects of alternative actions statements about: the effects of their decisions possible alternative actions Key shading emphasises the qualities that discriminate between the A–E descriptors