Contents
Glossary
Introduction
Statistical enquiry cycle
Statistics
Measures of centre
Measures of spread
Display of data
Dot plots
Box plots
Putting it together
Combining dot plots, box plots and means
Box plot interpretation
Thinking about dot and box plots
Planning an investigation
Writing questions
Collecting data
Sampling
Sampling variation
Describing and comparing features
Centres
1 Comparing centres using statistics
2 Comparing centres using dot plots
3 Comparing centres using box plots
Shape
1 Describing shapes
2 Comparing shapes
Spreads
Unusual features
Putting it together
Making the call about the population
Method 1
Method 2
Questions and conclusions about the population
Reflections
Writing about data
Practice tasks
Answers
Charlotte has over 10 years’ experience in teaching Mathematics, the majority of this as Assistant HOD of Mathematics and Dean of Year 9 at Darfield High School. She has also undertaken a year at St Margaret’s – a high decile, girls’ school. Here she focused on teaching the junior levels (including Year 7 and 8).
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