Conducting statistical investigations (6 lessons)
In this sequence of 6 lessons, students collect and classify data, apply sampling methods, analyse distributions, compare samples and evaluate bias.
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| Year level(s) | Year 8 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching, Worked examples, Questioning, Mathematics investigation |
| Keywords | summative assessment, uncertainty, bias, variation and proportions, sampling techniques, data collection methods, samples, populations |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Statistics |
| Topics | Statistical investigations |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M8ST04
Plan and conduct statistical investigations involving samples of a population; use ethical and fair methods to make inferences about the population and report findings, acknowledging uncertainty
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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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Victoria State Government Department of Education |
| Copyright | © State Government of Victoria. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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