The ability to analyse data is an important part of using and understanding statistics in everyday life.
Learners can:
Sort, represent and interpret category data
Learners sort and organise category data and represent it on graphs.
Sort, represent and interpret number data
Learners sort and organise number data and represent it on graphs.
Sample sizes
Learners develop an understanding of how sample size influences the accuracy of a survey.
Understanding the mean 1
Learners develop an understanding of the concept of a mean as a number that represents what all the data items would be if they were levelled out to be the same.
Understanding the mean 2
Learners develop an understanding of the concept of the mean as the ‘balance point’ of a set of data.