Data Handling and Information Technology is one of the core, compulsory subjects of the Advanced Level Foundation. You will develop general skills in Data Handling and Information Technology.
Syllabus overview:
- Computer applications and algorithms
- Database (Microsoft Access)
- Algorithms
- Statistical Analysis
- Measures of location and dispersion
- Probability Trees and Binomial Distribution
- Discrete and Continuous Distributions
- Correlation of Data
- Ch squared test
At the end of this core subject in Data Handling and IT you will:
- be able to structure, store and analyse numerical and non-numerical data making sophisticated use of generic computer packages such as MS Excel and Access
- be able to make sophisticated use of document-handling software such as Word to present text and data together with clarity
- be able to represent data using a variety of graphical forms
- be able to analyse numerical data using standard statistical methods
- appreciate the application of statistics to modelling real-world situations
- understand notions of statistical testing.
