development of discerning development of informed development of questions development of questions and use of questions, data and questions and gathering of questions and gathering of and gathering of relevant selection of data and information to aspects of an relevant data and information relevant data and information data and information from information to investigate economic or business issue from different sources when from different sources when different sources when aspects of an economic or researching to effectively researching to effectively researching to investigate business issue investigate an economic or investigate an economic or an economic or business business issue business issue issue ation of data to and explain ation of data to and describe ation of data to trends and use of data to aspects of statements about data and trends and relationships trends and relationships relationships trends and relationships trends statements about: proposal of a range of proposal of a range of proposal of a range of identification of alternative alternative responses to an alternative responses to an alternative responses to responses to an issue responses to an issue issue issue an issue description of the costs and aspects of the costs and benefits of each alternative discerning evaluation of informed evaluation of the evaluation of the costs benefits the costs and benefits of costs and benefits of each and benefits of each each alternative alternative alternative 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 Skills knowledge, skills and knowledge, skills and skills and concepts to knowledge and skills to skills to make statements concepts to familiar and concepts to familiar and familiar and unfamiliar familiar and unfamiliar about familiar problems unfamiliar problems unfamiliar problems problems problems development and purposeful development and effective development and partial development and fragmented presentation presentation of presentation of presentation of partial presentation of using texts and fragmented evidencebased conclusions evidencebased conclusions evidencebased conclusions conclusions using texts and use of terms and concepts using appropriate texts, using appropriate texts, using appropriate texts, aspects of terms and relevant subject-specific relevant subject-specific subject-specific language concepts language and concepts language and concepts and concepts identification and explanation identification and description identification of the: identification of aspects of the: statements about: of the: of the: effects of an economic or effects of an economic or an economic or business effects of an economic or effects of an economic or business decision business decision decision business decision business decision potential consequences of the potential consequences the potential potential consequences of potential consequences of alternative actions of alternative actions consequences of alternative actions alternative actions alternative actions Key shading emphasises the qualities that discriminate between the A–E descriptors
Skills development of discerning questions and gathering of relevant data and information from different sources when researching to effectively investigate an economic or business issue development of informed questions and gathering of relevant data and information from different sources when researching to effectively investigate an economic or business issue development of questions and gathering of relevant data and information from different sources when researching to investigate an economic or business issue development of questions and selection of data and information to investigate aspects of an economic or business issue use of questions, data and information to aspects of an economic or business issue ation of data to and explain trends and relationships ation of data to and describe trends and relationships ation of data to trends and relationships use of data to aspects of trends and relationships statements about data and trends proposal of a range of alternative responses to an issue discerning evaluation of the costs and benefits of each alternative proposal of a range of alternative responses to an issue informed evaluation of the costs and benefits of each alternative proposal of a range of alternative responses to an issue evaluation of the costs and benefits of each alternative identification of alternative responses to an issue description 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 and unfamiliar problems informed application of economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts to familiar and unfamiliar problems application of economics and business knowledge, skills and concepts to familiar and unfamiliar problems application of aspects of economics and business knowledge and skills to familiar and unfamiliar problems use of economics and business knowledge and skills to make statements about familiar problems development and purposeful presentation of evidencebased conclusions using appropriate texts, relevant subject-specific language and concepts development and effective presentation of evidencebased conclusions using appropriate texts, relevant subject-specific language and concepts development and presentation of evidencebased conclusions using appropriate texts, subject-specific language and concepts partial 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 an economic or business decision potential consequences of alternative actions identification and description of the: effects of an economic or business decision potential consequences of alternative actions identification of the: effects of an economic or business decision potential consequences of alternative actions identification of aspects of the: effects of an economic or business decision the potential consequences of alternative actions statements about: an economic or business decision the potential consequences of alternative actions Key shading emphasises the qualities that discriminate between the A–E descriptors
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