WS02 - Statistical investigation
Use this work sample to assess students' knowledge and skills to conduct a statistical investigation.
Additional details |
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| Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment advice, Assessment task |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Feedback |
| Keywords | datasets, real world data, acquiring data, stem and leaf plot |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Statistics |
| Topics | Data representation and interpretation, Statistical investigations |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7ST01
Acquire data sets for discrete and continuous numerical variables and calculate the range, median, mean and mode; make and justify decisions about which measures of central tendency provide useful insights into the nature of the distribution of data
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
AC9M7ST03
Plan and conduct statistical investigations involving data for discrete and continuous numerical variables; analyse and interpret distributions of data and report findings in terms of shape and summary statistics |
| Numeracy progression |
Interpreting and representing data (P6)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | ACARA |
| Copyright | © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2010 to present, unless otherwise indicated. Free-for-education material. |
