Investigating statistics (11 lessons)

In this sequence of 11 lessons, students calculate and interpret standard deviation to compare how data sets vary, using visual steps, worked examples, and statistical reasoning.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 10
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching, Mathematics investigation
Keywords	median, mean, bi-variate data, statistical investigations, two-way tables, dot plots, histograms, boxplots
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Statistics
Topics	Statistical investigations
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M10ST05 Plan and conduct statistical investigations of situations that involve bivariate data; evaluate and report findings with consideration of limitations of any inferences AC9M10ST04 Construct two-way tables and discuss possible relationship between categorical variables AC9M10ST03 Construct scatterplots and comment on the association between the 2 numerical variables in terms of strength, direction and linearity AC9M10ST02 Compare data distributions for continuous numerical variables using appropriate data displays including boxplots; discuss the shapes of these distributions in terms of centre, spread, shape and outliers in the context of the data AC9M10ST01 Analyse claims, inferences and conclusions of statistical reports in the media, including ethical considerations and identification of potential sources of bias
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P8)
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Organisation	Victoria State Government Department of Education
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