Hodder Education
Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics Probability & Statistics 1
Sophie Goldie
Science & Math
Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics Probability & Statistics 1
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Exam board: Cambridge Assessment International Education
Level: A-level
Subject: Mathematics
First teaching: September 2018
First exams: Summer 2020

Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide full support for Paper 5 of the syllabus for examination from 2020.

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This book covers the syllabus content for Probability and Statistics 1, including representation of data, permutations and combinations, probability, discrete random variables and the normal distribution.

Language
English
ISBN
9781510421035
Cover
Title Page
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Contents
Introduction
How to use this book
The Cambridge International AS & A Level Mathematics 9709 syllabus
1 Exploring data
1.1 Looking at the data
1.2 Stem-and-leaf diagrams
1.3 Categorical or qualitative data
1.4 Numerical or quantitative data
1.5 Measures of central tendency
1.6 Frequency distributions
1.7 Grouped data
1.8 Measures of spread (variation)
1.9 Working with an assumed mean
2 Representing and interpreting data
2.1 Histograms
2.2 Measures of central tendency and of spread using quartiles
2.3 Cumulative frequency graphs
3 Probability
3.1 Measuring probability
3.2 Estimating probability
3.3 Expectation
3.4 The probability of either one event or another
3.5 Independent and dependent events
3.6 Conditional probability
4 Discrete random variables
4.1 Discrete random variables
4.2 Expectation and variance
5 Permutations and combinations
5.1 Factorials
5.2 Permutations
5.3 Combinations
5.4 The binomial coefficients
5.5 Using binomial coefficients to calculate probabilities
6 Discrete probability distributions
6.1 The binomial distribution
6.2 The expectation and variance of B(n, p)
6.3 Using the binomial distribution
6.4 The geometric distribution
7 The normal distribution
7.1 Using normal distribution tables
7.2 The normal curve
7.3 Modelling discrete situations
7.4 Using the normal distribution as an approximation for the binomial distribution
Answers
Index
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