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Curriculum content descriptions

interpret and compare data sets for ordinal and nominal categorical, discrete and continuous numerical variables using comparative displays or visualisations and digital tools; compare distributions in terms of mode, range and shape (AC9M6ST01)

Elaborations
  • determining the range for a numerical data set by finding the difference between the highest and the lowest value in the set and comparing the range for different data sets
  • representing acquired numerical data sets using side-by-side column graphs, comparing the spread of each data set using the range, the highest frequency for each data set using the mode, and discussing the shape
  • representing ordinal data collected through surveys, using visualisation tools including dot plots and bar charts, and discussing the distribution of data in terms of shape
  • using technology to access data sets and graphing software to construct side-by-side column graphs or stacked line graphs; comparing data sets that are grouped by gender, year level, age group or other variables and discussing findings
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Distributions (Statistics),  Range (Statistics),  Data representation,  Graphs (Data representation),  Data collection,  Mode

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