The humanoid project

In this unit of lessons, students explore the difference between continuous and discrete variables. They summarise a large set of data values using measures of centre (mean, median and mode) and measures of spread (range). Through this, students learn that statistics are meaningful when applied to summarise large data sets.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 7, Year 8, Year 9
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Student task
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Concrete Representational Abstract model, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching
Keywords	survey, measure of spread, measure of centre, report, analyse, range, mode, median, mean, data
Curriculum alignment
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 AC9M9ST05 Plan and conduct statistical investigations involving the collection and analysis of different kinds of data; report findings and discuss the strength of evidence to support any conclusions? AC9M9ST03 Represent the distribution of multiple data sets for numerical variables using comparative representations; compare data distributions with consideration of centre, spread and shape, and the effect of outliers on these measures
Numeracy progression	Interpreting and representing data (P5, P8)
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