Number: Statistics
BIG IDEAS
Ideas and questions about a specific topic can be investigated through collecting data and using it to answer the questions.
Data can vary in different ways (e.g., an object can be different sizes and colours) and it can be organised in different ways and by different characteristics (categorical, numerical).
Data can be represented and communicated in multiple ways including data visualisations.
Patterns can be noticed, described, and analysed in sets of data and by using data visualisations.
Predictions can be made through using sets of data.
Outcomes can have different likelihoods, and these can vary.
Learning Outcomes in order of unit progression
Sort and analyse a dataset to answer a question.
Use data involving multivariate (variables), so that relationships between the variables can be explored.
Ask questions about a dataset including summary, comparison and relationship questions related to the variables.
Consider issues such as manageability, sampling, surveying, data safety, and technology use.
Find patterns including differences and similarities between distributions, clusters and outliers within distributions, associations of variables, trend over time.
Communicate findings to others.
Justify choice of display/s with reference to the patterns to be highlighted.
Develop an investigative question.
Develop survey questions that will help to answer an investigative question.
Display numeric data on a stem-and-leaf graph.
Make statements about data in response to an investigative question.
Communicate trends and patterns of data in meaningful ways including clusters, outliers, and shape of the data set.
Sort and analyse a dataset to answer a question.
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