Assessment Requirements for MEM234021 Apply statistics to technology problems

Release: 1

Assessment Requirements for MEM234021 Apply statistics to technology problems

Modification History

Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to MEM234021A Apply statistics to technology problems.

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include:

identifying and defining problems

identifying appropriate statistical techniques for engineering or related problems

applying the appropriate technique and solving and confirming answer using the technique on at least two occasions

communicating the outcome of the analysis in a manner suited to the stakeholder/s and confirming the outcome has addressed the problem.

Note: Where a volume and/or frequency is not specified, demonstration must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate the required knowledge for this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

discrete and continuous data

presentation data including:

frequency distribution tables

histograms

ogives

measures of central tendency including:

arithmetic mean

median

mode

measures of dispersion including:

standard deviation

range

interquartile range

probability including:

probability laws

probability distributions, both binomial, and normal

random walk and Monte Carlo methods

statistical inference including:

large and small samples

sample size

statistical significance

short cut methods including rank-sum, run tests and Kolmogorov-Smirnov

linear regression and correlation

analysis of variance including:

one-way, two-way and multiple

factorial experiments

failure time distributions

reliability and life testing.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in applying statistics to technology problems at least to the level being assessed with relevant industry knowledge and experience

satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015 or its replacement and comply with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, its replacement or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non-referring state/territory as the case requires.

Where possible assessment must occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects realistic operational workplace conditions that cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.

Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Links

Companion Volume Implementation Guides are available on VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=b7050d37-5fd0-4740-8f7d-3b7a49c10bb2