PSMT Evaluate skills

PSMT Evaluate skills

Learn to Evaluate really well

Evaluate meaning

• the key is to provide verdict concerning the extent to which the report findings are accurate.

Parts

• Reasonableness 

• Strengths and limitations

• Justify decisions
  
  

1. Reasonableness of solution -  you must discuss all 3

• Results   - use maths, compare to real values/estimate

• Assumptions - check and discuss how these may have affected the accuracy of your answer

• Observations - is the raw data of high quality -resulting in quality  accurate answers

Multiple Choice

Observations are

• All the raw data

• Things you can see

• List of things you see in the data

observation

data or information required to solve a mathematical problem and/or develop a mathematical model; empirical evidence

Strengths  and limitations

• Strengths - work that has ensured a high level of accuracy 

• Limitations -  work that has possibly reduced the accuracy of the solution

• Documented -  you must say why, support your statement with reasons/ evidence/cite

Multiple Choice

Identify which strength is documented

• The raw data collected is accurate

• Excel has produced an accurate trendline on the graph

• Excel has produced an accurate trendline using the corrrelation coefficient process to ensure a strong relationship is identified. [https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2018/08/01/linear-regression-analysis-excel/]

• I was able to to calculate median easily because there was an odd number of values.

Image you have completed this question using excel including Formula

• Write a Strength

• Write a Limitation

Decisions Stated and Justified

• Clearly state the solution

• Justify -  used Maths to clearly show that your solution is correct
  

• eg excel formula, completed extra work to show your answer is correct

Calculate the Balance

• State your decision

• Justify your decision

Evaluate

• Reasonableness

• Strengths and Limitations

• State and Justify decision

Word Count

Intro   -200 
Considerations - 500 
Solve - 550 
Evaluation 
- Reasonableness 250 
- Limitations and strengths - 300 
- State decision, refer back to your justification in the solve section or the appendices
Conclusion - 200
Appendices -  as long as you like - you must refer to these sections, number them.  This section is not marked.