13MAS

Year 13 Mathematics with Statistics (13MAS)

Course Description

Teacher in Charge:

The 13 MAS course offers 20 credits at Level three. It consists of three Internal assessments, one compulsory and one optional external assessments. The compulsory Internals and external standards have a total of 16 credits. This course also offers an opportunity for subject endorsement and is a UE approved subject. The course offers Statistics standards. This course prepares students for their chosen pathway and/or tertiary level Statistics courses.

Note: All assessments are done on Google classroom. Students also need a scientific calculator for this course. For the external probability distribution standard, a graphics calculator (fx-9750 GII or fx-9860 GIII) is highly recommended.

Course Overview

Term 1
91583 EXPERIMENTS(4 credits Internal)
91582 FORMAL INFERENCE(4 Credits Internal)

Term 2
91581 BI-VARIATE DATA(4 Credits Internal)
91586 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS(4 Credits External)

Term 3
91586 PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS(4 Credits External)
91585 PROBABILITY CONCEPTS[Optional]
4 Credits External

Term 4
Revision of External standards

Pre-requisites

Students must have 14 credits from 12MATS including passing the assessment for 2.12 Probability Methods and 2.9 Inference.  At least one of these results must be at Merit level or higher.

Contributions and Equipment/Stationery

There is a $50 course fee that covers the subscription to Education Perfect, which is our e-learning platform, NZGrapher, and Walker Math workbooks. Students must have their own graphics calculators and 1E5 Quad books.

Credit Information

You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.

Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 8 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 91581 v2
NZQA Info
Mathematics and Statistics 3.9 - Investigate bivariate measurement data
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91582 v2
NZQA Info
Mathematics and Statistics 3.10 - Use statistical methods to make a formal inference
4
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91583 v2
NZQA Info
Mathematics and Statistics 3.11 - Conduct an experiment to investigate a situation using experimental design principles
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91585 v2
NZQA Info
Mathematics and Statistics 3.13 - Apply probability concepts in solving problems
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 91586 v2
NZQA Info
Mathematics and Statistics 3.14 - Apply probability distributions in solving problems
4
4
4
Level: 3
Internal or External: External
Credits: 4
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0 *
Numeracy Credits: Y
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 20

Approved subject for University Entrance

Number of credits that can be used for overall endorsement: 20

Only students engaged in learning and achievement derived from Te Marautanga o Aotearoa are eligible to be awarded these subjects as part of the requirement for 14 credits in each of three subjects.

Disclaimer

Owing to teachers responding to individual students' needs, courses and NCEA standards taught in a subject maybe different to those displayed.