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Awareness of outliers

Students graph data given about the sodium content in foods, either by hand or using a software program. Student are then asked to determine and compare the mean and median for the data both including and omitting the outlier value. A student worksheet and teacher notes are provided

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching
Keywords	mean, median, statistics
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics, Build understanding
Topics	Data representation and interpretation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M8ST01 Investigate techniques for data collection including census, sampling, experiment and observation, and explain the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through these techniques
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P7)
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Organisation	AAMT
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