After completing this chapter you should be able to......
Differentiate between categorical and numerical data
Differentiate between nominal and ordinal categorical data
Differentiate between discrete and continuous numerical data
Interpret the information contained in a frequency table
Identify and interpret the mode
Construct a bar chart, segmented bar chart or histogram from a frequency table
Read and interpret a histogram with a log scale
Lessons 1 & 2
Thursday 27th November
Learning Intentions
To be able to….
Classify data as categorical or numerical
Further classify categorical data as nominal or ordinal
Further classify numerical data as discrete or continuous
Round values using decimal places and significant figures
to construct frequency and percentage frequency tables for categorical data.
construct bar charts and percentage bar charts from frequency tables.
interpret and describe frequency tables and bar charts.
To be able to answer statistical questions about a categorical variable.
Tasks
Warm up
Rounding Activity
Teaching focus
Work through notes on types of data
Practice
Complete VCAA questions on types of data
Teaching focus
Work through notes on displaying categorical data
Practice
Complete VCAA questions on displaying categorical data
Homework
Complete Ex 1a and Ex 1b
Lesson 3
Monday 1st December (Teacher absent)
Learning Intentions
To be able to….
construct frequency tables for discrete numerical data.
construct frequency tables for grouped numerical data (discrete and continuous).
construct a histogram from a frequency table for numerical data.
construct a histogram from numerical data using a CAS calculator.
describe the distribution of numerical data according to its key characteristics of shape, centre, spread and outliers.
Tasks
Teaching focus
Work through notes on displaying numerical data. For further clarification watch the Edrolo videos shown below:
Edrolo - Ex 1c Part 1 & Ex 1c Part 2
Links
Homework
Complete Ex 1b
Lesson 4
Tuesday 2nd December (teacher absent)
Learning Intentions
Consolidate all learning from Chapter 1 Part 1
Tasks
Work through Ex 1a, 1b and 1c
Homework
Complete all exercise work
Lesson 4
Tuesday 3rd December
Learning Intentions
To be able to….
Consolidate learning of the week by completing examination questions specific to the skills
Complete all exercise work from Ex 1a, Ex 1b and Ex 1c
Tasks
Examination Questions
Complete exercises
Homework
Complete Ex 1a, 1b and 1c
Lessons 5 & 6
Thursday 4th December (Teacher absent)
Learning Intentions
To be able to work through practice tasks to consolidate learning and be
Tasks
Homework
Lesson 6
Thursday 5th December
Learning Intentions
To be able to….
Tasks
Homework