Exploring bias
Students explore the effect of bias and outliers on summary statistics.
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Year level(s) | Year 7, Year 8 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | mean, statistic, outlier, bias, population, range,, sample, mode, median |
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Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking |
Strand and focus | Probability, Apply understanding, Build understanding, Statistics |
Topics | Data representation and interpretation |
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7ST02
Create different types of numerical data displays including stem-and-leaf plots using software where appropriate; describe and compare the distribution of data, commenting on the shape, centre and spread including outliers and determining the range, median, mean and mode
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 (P5, P7)
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Copyright details |
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Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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