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Increasing sample size

This video resource can be used to identify the value of having a larger sample to use to show a reliable comparison to the population. It could be used as a starting prompt. It includes some questions to ask students to encourage mathematical thinking.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Video
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching
Keywords	population, sample
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics, Build understanding
Topics	Data representation and interpretation
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	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	AAMT
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