Mathematics / Year 10 / Statistics and Probability / Data representation and interpretation

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Curriculum content descriptions

Construct and interpret box plots and use them to compare data sets (ACMSP249)

Elaborations
  • understanding that box plots are an efficient and common way of representing and summarising data and can facilitate comparisons between data sets
  • using parallel box plots to compare data about the age distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with that of the Australian population as a whole
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Data analysis,  Box plots

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Determining the probability of a good day for sowing cotton

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This activity is a series of three related tasks that support the use of spreadsheets (Excel), Venn diagrams and two-way tables to develop an understanding of conditional probability when used to determine the probability of a farmer being able to sow a cotton crop. The activity is, based on real historical soil and air ...

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reSolve: Trigonometry: Rule of Twelfths

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This sequence of three lessons gives students the opportunity to explore how tidal variations can be modelled and predicted using trigonometric functions and approximated with useful 'rules of thumb'. Students use real tidal data to explore how sailors make predictions at sea, draw their own graphs using a range of approximation ...

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Trade and Investment at a Glance

  • TLF-IDM025125

Using an illustrated report from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides ten learning sequences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian imports and exports. Students: identify Australia's major exports and imports; investigate international trade ...

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reSolve: Probability - Forensic Investigations

  • TLF-IDM025317

This lesson investigates real-world applications of probability. Students examine real-world case studies of probability being applied in misleading ways. They assess and explain the flaws in the mathematical methodology used. There is also an emphasis on accurate and inaccurate ways of communicating mathematical concepts ...

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Australia's Trade through Time

  • TLF-IDM025126

Using an interactive timeline created by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this Teacher guide provides 12 series of learning experiences that engage students in the analysis and interpretation of data about Australian trade from 1900 to the present day. Students study videos, tables, images and texts in order ...

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reSolve: Statistics - The Taste of Water

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This lesson introduces students to informally conducting experiments to test hypotheses. Students test whether they can taste the difference between tap and bottled water by collecting and interrogating experimental data. They then compare their findings with the likelihood of their findings being obtained by chance. The ...

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