reSolve: Sports salaries

This sequence of two lessons explores data sampling methods and measures of spread applied to a real-world context of sporting teams. Students explore variation in the salaries of NBA players using real-world data. They calculate means and medians, draw graphs, compare findings, and investigate the implications of obtaining data through random sampling. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points, spreadsheets of data and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.

Resource details

Year level

Year 8

Purpose

Teaching resource

Strand

Statistics

Topic

Data representation and interpretation

Audience

Teachers

Format

Downloadable resource

Australian Curriculum code

AC9M8ST01 AC9M8ST03 AC9M7ST02

Numeracy progression

Interpreting and representing data (P5, P7)

Publisher

reSolve Maths by Inquiry

Copyright

© Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment 2021. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Keywords

mean median bias (statistics)