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Big ideas in statistics

Part of the Top Drawer Teachers - Big Ideas series, this resource gives an overview of some of the important ideas in statistics:

  • Variation
  • Expectation
  • Distribution
  • Randomness

There are sections about common misunderstandings, teaching and assessment strategies, and student activities.

Resource details
Year level
Year 8
Purpose
Planning Curriculum
Strand
Statistics
Topic
Data representation and interpretation Chance and probability
Audience
Teachers School leaders
Format
Webpage
Australian Curriculum code
AC9M8ST03
Numeracy progression
Interpreting and representing data (P7)
Publisher
Education Services Australia
Copyright
© 2013 Education Services Australia Ltd. Free-for-education material.
Keywords
variance graph expected frequencies equally likely outcomes