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GCSE MATHEMATICS HANDLING DATA COURSEWORK
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GCSE MATHEMATICS HANDLING DATA COURSEWORK In this project, my objective is to use my knowledge of handling data and figures, to prove or disprove certain features of a hypothesis and which aspects have the greatest effects. I was given a data booklet of the performance tables for 6 Local Education Authorities in London. Each authority has 3 different tables; one states the GCSE results, another states the KS3 results, and another, states information about authorised and unauthorised absences. Around 4 hypotheses was provided for us to choose from, and after some thought I decided to choose the following hypothesis: - ABSENCE RATES HAVE A BIGGER EFFECT ON GCSE RESULTS IN INNER LONDON THAN IN OUTER LONDON. OUTER LONDON REGIONS INNER LONDON REGIONS BROMLEY HARINGEY CROYDON ISLINGTON ENFIELD LAMBETH NB Since I am using absence information I will have to combine the authorised and unauthorised absences, by adding the two percentages together for each school. I will however do this later, because I...
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