VC2M10ST04
analyse claims, inferences and conclusions of statistical reports in the media and other places, by linking claims to displays, statistics and representative data, including ethical considerations and identification of potential sources of bias
Elaborations
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identifying potentially misleading data representations in the media such as graphs with broken axes and scales that do not start at zero or are nonlinear; and recognising when data is not relating to the claim, not representative of the population or is deliberately being used to mislead or support a claim or biased point of view
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investigating the source and size of the sample from which the data was collected and deciding whether the sample is appropriately representative of the population
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investigating population proportions and rates, and discussing potential ethical considerations, for example, when presenting statistical data involving infection rates and the number of cases per head of population
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discussing the ethical considerations associated with collecting data to predict the number of people likely to be infected with a strain of flu or experience side effects with a certain medication, considering validity claims and sample sizes
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using the concept of Indigenous data sovereignty to critique and evaluate the Australian Government’s ‘Closing the Gap’ report
VC2M10ST04 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 10 | Statistics
