Conceptual links to other areas of the specification There is a lot of problem solving involved in statistical hypothesis testing; learners need to be able to extract the information they need from the questions and data given in order to arrive at a solution. Learners must have a clear understanding of the basics of probability distributions and how they can be applied to perform statistical hypothesis testing. Teachers should ensure that time is spent on longer questions so that learners have the opportunity to extract the data they need and ignore extraneous information. It is strongly suggested that teachers provide as many real life uses of statistical hypothesis testing from other topic areas and different real world examples to emphasise the relevance of this area of mathematics to learners.
Conceptual links to other areas of the specification There is a lot of problem solving involved in statistical hypothesis testing; learners need to be able to extract the information they need from the questions and data given in order to arrive at a solution. Learners must have a clear understanding of the basics of probability distributions and how they can be applied to perform statistical hypothesis testing. Teachers should ensure that time is spent on longer questions so that learners have the opportunity to extract the data they need and ignore extraneous information. It is strongly suggested that teachers provide as many real life uses of statistical hypothesis testing from other topic areas and different real world examples to emphasise the relevance of this area of mathematics to learners.
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