Economics and business / Year 7 / Economics and Business Skills / Interpretation and analysis

Curriculum content descriptions

Interpret data and information displayed in different formats to identify relationships and trends (ACHES023)

Elaborations
  • interpreting tables, charts and graphs containing economic or business data to identify trends (for example, to answer the question: ‘To what extent has the number of people in casual work increased?’)
  • using data to make predictions about future trends (for example, the trend of shopping online, trends in working hours or how people work)
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Trend analysis

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