Edexcel Awards in mathematics Statistical Methods content and assessment overview
Content and assessment
Find out what students of our Edexcel Awards in Statistical Methods will learn about, and how they’ll be assessed.
Content overview
See below for a list of the topics covered in this qualification.
At all levels of entry:
- Data
- Representing data
- Measures
- Interpreting data
- Probability.
Assessment overview
Each Award is:
- externally assessed through one written paper
- available every January and summer series
- awarded as Pass or Unclassified.
The Edexcel Award in Statistical Methods is available at Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. The structure of each examination is shown below:
| Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 1 hour 30 minutes | 1 hour 30 minutes | 2 hours |
| Total marks | 80 marks | 80 marks | 90 marks |
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