Data and statistics (7 lessons)

In this sequence of 10 lessons, students analyse and compare numerical data using histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, measures of centre and sampling methods.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	summative assessment, visualisation, data display, sampling methods, range, median, mean, histograms, stem-and-leaf plots
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics
Topics	Statistical investigations
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M9ST03 Represent the distribution of multiple data sets for numerical variables using comparative representations; compare data distributions with consideration of centre, spread and shape, and the effect of outliers on these measures AC9M9ST02 Analyse how different sampling methods can affect the results of surveys and how choice of representation can be used to support a particular point of view AC9M9ST01 Analyse reports of surveys in digital media and elsewhere for information on how data was obtained to estimate population means and medians
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P8)
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Organisation	Victoria State Government Department of Education
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