WS03 - Predict a winner

Use this work sample to guide assessment of students' knowledge and skills in planning and conducting statistical investigations involving bivariate data.

Additional details

Year level(s) Year 10
Audience Teacher
Purpose Assessment task, Assessment advice
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Mathematics investigation, Feedback
Keywords data displays, box plots

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Statistics
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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