The ability to interpret data is an important part of using and understanding statistics in everyday life.
There are gaps at the first steps of this progression because learners need to be able to sort, organise and describe data before they can interpret data. They need to be able to prepare and analyse data in order to interpret it.
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.
Understanding media reports that include statistical information
Learners develop the ability to interpret and critically analyse a media report that includes statistical information.