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Misunderstanding samples

This collection of resources focuses on sampling and questioning, including some definitions, examples and considerations when deciding a question for a survey. The resources would be useful before students conduct their own survey.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 8
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Explicit teaching
Keywords	survey, bias, 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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