Chapter 22: Statistics
Collecting data, representing it, and drawing conclusions that the data can actually support.
The chapter problem
Is the school getting enough sleep?. You will design a survey, collect the data, and present what you find. By the end of the chapter you can say what your data supports, and — just as importantly — what it does not.
Where it is used: Surveys, reports, news claims, and any number someone wants you to believe.
Your turn to connect it: Where have you seen a graph used to persuade someone, and did it tell the whole story?
Sections
- 22.1 Populations, samples and surveys — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.2 Choosing a sample and avoiding bias — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.3 Tallying and frequency tables — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.4 Bar charts, line plots and histograms — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.5 Measures of centre: mean, median and mode — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.6 Measures of spread: range and interquartile range — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.7 Scatter graphs and correlation — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.8 Interpreting data and questioning a claim — tier O · refs SP.3
- 22.9 Misleading graphs and how to spot them — tier O · refs SP.3