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The content for this section is sub-divided
into the following areas:
Specifying a problem,
planning and collecting data
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- Suggest possible answers for a given
problem
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- Decide which data and sources would be
relevant
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- Plan how to collect and organise small
sets of data
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- Design a data collection sheet or
questionnaire
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- Construct frequency tables for discrete
data
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tally tables and bar charts |
- Construct frequency tables for grouped
data
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- Collect small sets of data from surveys
and experiments
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data picking (BBC Maths file) |
Processing and
representing data
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- Find the mode, median and range
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train race (BBC Maths file) |
- Find the modal class for grouped data
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- Calculate mean, including from simple
frequency tables
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train race (BBC Maths file) |
- Construct graphs and
diagrams on paper or using ICT
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tally tables and bar charts |
- Use ICT to construct pie
charts
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Interpreting and
discussing results
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Resources |
- Interpret diagrams and graphs
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data picking (BBC Maths file) |
- Compare two
distributions using range and an average
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train race (BBC Maths file) |
- Write a short report of a statistical
enquiry
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Probability
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Resources |
- Use vocabulary and ideas of probability
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- Understand and use the
probability scale from 0 to 1
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Probability scale |
- Find/justify
probabilities based on equally likely outcomes
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Open championship
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O probability
shapes
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fish tank (BBC Maths file)
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- Estimate probabilities based on
experimental data
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- Compare experimental and theoretical
probabilities
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Probability
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