Content description VC2M6ST03

Mathematics Version 2.0 / Level 6 / Statistics

Content description

plan and conduct statistical investigations by posing and refining questions to collect categorical or numerical data by observation or survey, or identifying a problem and collecting relevant data; analyse and interpret the data and communicate findings within the context of the investigation

Elaborations

selecting and using appropriate peripherals; for example, using a scientific probe to collect data about changing soil moisture for plants, interpreting the data and sharing the results as a digital chart
using a spreadsheet to record and analyse data, recognising the difference between cell formats in spreadsheets; for example, changing the default general format to numerical, text or date as needed
investigating the daily water usage by a student in the home compared to the World Health Organization claim that between 50 and 100 litres of clean water is needed per person per day
collecting sample sets of ‘discrete numerical data’ (for example, the number of cars or pets in a household), where the class is surveyed, then other classes are surveyed, and data is analysed and compared, discussing findings
collecting ordinal categorical data through the use of a survey; for example, surveying each member of the class, by asking them to indicate their preference on a five-point scale for a particular graphic and colour combination of a proposed school logo
collecting ordinal data for ranking nominees for school captain with respect to several criteria, contrasting the use of a five-point scale compared with using a four-point scale

Code

VC2M6ST03

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