Evaluate and use statistical information to make policy recommendations in a state sector context
The goal of unit standard 23269 is, to demonstrate how statistical information should be evaluated and applied when making policy recommendations.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess and select relevant data sources; develop a brief for statistical information collection; evaluate reports based on statistical information; and use reports based on statistical information to make policy recommendations in a state sector context.
Candidate Assessment Guide
The candidate assessment guide describes what you need to do in order to achieve the unit standard.
Resources
The links will take you to sites or exercises to help you understand the material covered in US23268.
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STEPS is a glossary of useful statistical concepts, many of which are used in the COS
- This statistical primer includes exercises and answers about graphs, descriptive statistics, correlational and inferential statistics
- This is an online introductory psychology statistics textbook. If you want more detail about some of the concepts covered in the seminars, this is a good place to look
- This Australian site has good examples of many of the concepts in the COS. In particular, see "Summarising and Producing Data" and "Statistical Inference"
- A link to an online research text book that includes information on sampling and measurement.