Submitted by Meryjoy99 on Fri, 03/17/2017 - 08:01
Hello,
I am not from the UK, hence I am not doing A-levels,
I am a bit confused with the syllabuses. I am taking STEP II & III.
I have found some formulae and statistical tables on the STEP booklet which I think don't fit into any of the topics listed on the official STEP syllabus. In particular: correlation and regression, distribution-free (non-parametric) tests, the T distribution, the x^2 distribution, Wilcoxon signed rank test and Wilcoxon rank sum test...
Are these topics required? If not, why are they on booklet?
Also, I know that Sampling is included in STEP III, but are all the formulae on the Sampling Distributions section needed?
Similarly, I believe none of the formulae on Matrix transformations and Numerical Mathematics (apart from the trapezium rule) is mentioned on the syllabus...
Thank you
The formula booklet is lifted
The formula booklet is lifted from an A-Level Exam Board (OCR in particular) and used by STEP. So there will be some stuff that's on the 'STEP' formula booklet but will never be (in practice) examined. Certainly the formula booklet is a superset of the formulas you actually need. The specification details everything you need to know, don't worry about anything beyond that.
Thank you!
Thank you!
No problem.
No problem.