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.

Additional details

Year level(s) Year 8
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

Curriculum alignment

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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Organisation

Victoria State Government Department of Education

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