MATHEMATICS – STATISTICS 2

Exam board and Edexcel Mathematics - Statistics S2 (6684)

course
Web link to http://www.edexcel.com/migrationdocuments/GCE%20New%20GCE/UA0352 For S2 go to p87
spec. 43_GCE_Lin_Maths_Issue_3.pdf

Revision topic  Integration and differentiation of polynomials (CRV's)

list  Use of binomial expansion (Finding binomial
probabilities)Conditions for Skewness (CRV's)
 The normal distribution (including standardisation) (Normal
Approximations)
 Discrete Random Variables (Finding E(X) and Var(X)) (Sampling
Distributions)
 Use of Variance Formula (E(X^2)-E(X)^2) (CRV's)
 Describe the conditions for both models and apply them in real The Binomial and Poisson
life contexts Distributions
The Binomial and Poisson
 Calculate probabilities using the tables (cumulative probabilities
Distributions
< or >) or using formulae (=) The Binomial and Poisson
 Find the mean and variance Distributions
 Using the Poisson as an approximation for Binomial (including The Binomial and Poisson
describing why you have chosen this approximation) Distributions
 Defining, using and finding the c.d.f and p.d.f for a continuous Continuous Random
random variable (including notation for both) Variables
 The relationship between the c.d.f and p.d.f Continuous Random
 Finding the mean, median, mode, quartiles and variance of a Variables
Continuous Random
continuous random variable
Variables
 Use of a continuous uniform (rectangular) distribution in real Continuous Distributions
life contexts
 Calculating or deriving the mean, variance and c.d.f Continuous Distributions
Continuous Distributions
 Using the Normal distribution as an approximation for the
Binomial and Poisson distributions (knowing when it should be
used)
 Being able to apply the continuity correction when Continuous Distributions
approximating a discrete variable with a continuous one
 Know definitions for a population, census, sample, sampling Hypothesis Tests
unit and sampling frame
 Know the advantages and disadvantages of a census vs a Hypothesis Tests
sample
 Find the sampling distribution of a statistic (ie: the mode or
Hypothesis Tests
mean of a variable)
 Define null and alternative hypotheses (using correct notation) Hypothesis Tests
 Identify the critical region within which we would reject the null Hypothesis Tests
hypothesis
 Be able to use one or two tailed tests (including knowing from Hypothesis Tests
the context when to use which type of test)
 Carry out a hypothesis test for a Binomial or Poisson modelled Hypothesis Tests
situation
Recommended http://www.amazon.co.uk/Statistics-Heinemann-Modular-Mathematics- Not a great book. Better to
revision books Edexcel/dp/0435511173 use own work in folders and
past papers.

Recommended http://www.freeexampapers.com/#A%20Level/Maths/Edexcel/S2 Past papers

revision web
sites http://www.examsolutions.net/maths-revision/syllabuses/Index/period- Revision videos for S1 and
1/Statistics/module.php S2 including exam questions
and worked solutions