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- Subject: Mathematics
- AS: 90643
- Level: 3
- Credits: 4
- External
Statistics and modelling 3.3 Solve straightforward problems involving probability
Achievement criteria
The level of achievement that you reach is decided by the questions that you answer correctly.
Achievement
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You solve straightforward problems involving probability, which may include:
- mutually exclusive events
- independent events
- complementary events
- combined events.
- Problems may involve calculation of expected values or variance of random variables from a given discrete probability distribution.
Achievement with Merit
- You need to reach Achievement.
- You solve probability problems, which will include some of:
- a selection from those listed for Achievement
- conditional probability
- interpreting probabilities or expected values.
Achievement with Excellence
- You need to reach Achievement with Merit.
- You apply probability theory.
- Applications may include:
- combinations of techniques
- non-numeric reasoning
- linear functions of independent random variables
- proofs.
