Activities
HL summary: Critical Values
Hypothesis testing, along with Type I and II errors, is likely the hardest area of the statistics and probability unit. It requires students to be comfortable (if not fluent) with: …. and then adds into...
Activities
HLsummary: TypeI+II
Hypothesis testing, along with Type I and II errors, is likely the hardest area of the statistics and probability unit. It requires students to be comfortable (if not fluent) with: …. and then adds into...
Activities
Stock Market - Solutions
'When's the best time to 'buy' and when to 'sell' stocks? How can differentiation help?' Solutions and markscheme for an "increasing and decreasing functions" and "optimisation" analysis of the US Dow...
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Human proportions
This is a classic topic that often gets students motivated but that does bring issues. This was a good effort for this candidate. They managed to pursue and area of interest to them and put together a...
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Infant Mortality
This was a pleasing piece of work for a candidate who has struggled with many aspects of the course. It was great to see them apply successfully some of the ideas to an area of genuine interest to them...
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Trampoline Bounces
This exploration is a good example of relevant and engaging modelling experiment that can draw on a students experience and interest. It also has a pleasing simplicity in that it involves less, that can...
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Basketball angles
This is a great new take on a Basketball exploration focusing on the reality that the angle of entry has to be a certain size before the basketball will physically fit through the hoop, even if the quadratic...
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Christmas Lottery
This was a nice idea that developed well in to an opportunity for some goodness of fit work and an interesting look at when and where different techniques that look for relationships might give different...
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Skittles
This is a good example of a simple but purposeful exploration that students can design and carry out themselves with an effective means of primary data collection. It has been great to watch the candidate...
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Environmental Performance Indicator
This is a very topical exploration with an appropriative focus for an SL applications student. The EPI (Environmental Performance Indicator) is a legitimate indicator that might be used to help us understand...