OVERVIEW

Higher: Students will learn how to carry out sampling techniques, draw and interpret cumulative frequency diagrams, box plots and histograms. Compare and describe populations.

CAREERS

Actuary, Mathematician, Market Research Analyst, Atmospheric Scientist/Meteorologist, Statistician, Operations Research Analyst, Financial Analyst, Economist.

CULTURAL CAPITAL

Pictorial representations are more easily understood. Early man couldn’t read, so symbols and pictures were more accessible.

Charts and graphs can easily be manipulated to apparently show almost any desired result and so great care must be taken when reading them.