Unit standard 23270

Assess a sample survey and evaluate inferences in a state sector context

The goal of unit standard 23270 is, to equip candidates with the ability to evaluate statistical information derived from sample surveys.

People credited with this unit standard are able to assess a sample survey, make inferences and draw conclusions from sample surveys in a public 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.

  1. STEPS is a glossary of useful statistical concepts, many of which are used in the COS 
  2. This statistical primer includes exercises and answers about graphs, descriptive statistics, correlational and inferential statistics 
  3. 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 
  4. This Australian site has good examples of many of the concepts in the COS. In particular, see "Summarising and Producing Data" and "Statistical Inference" 
  5. A link to an online research text book that includes information on sampling and measurement.

 

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