Year 8 Summer Term Unit 5 Handling Data 3 7 Hours

Core Objective

NNS

Possible Resources

Discuss a problem that can be addressed by statistical methods and identify related questions to explore.

 

Decide which data to collect to answer a question, and the degree of accuracy needed; identify possible sources.

Plan how to collect the data, including sample size; construct frequency tables with given equal class intervals for sets of continuous data.

Handling data

(248–275)

 

Collect data using a suitable method, such as observation, controlled experiment, including data logging using ICT, or questionnaire.

Handling data

(248–275)

 

·   Construct, on paper and using ICT: bar charts and frequency diagrams for continuous data; simple line graphs for time series; identify which are most useful in the context of the problem.

Interpret tables, graphs and diagrams for continuous data and draw inferences that relate to the problem being discussed; relate summarised data to the questions being explored.

Handling data

(248–275)

 

Compare two distributions using the range and one or more of the mode, median and mean.

Communicate orally and on paper the results of a statistical enquiry and the methods used, using ICT as appropriate; justify the choice of what is presented.

Handling data

(248–275)

 

Compare experimental and theoretical probabilities in different contexts.

Probability

(284–285)

 

Solve more complex problems by breaking them into smaller steps or tasks, choosing and using graphical representation, and also resources, including ICT.

Solving problems

(28–29)

 

Indicative Attainment

Level Statement
3 I can read information from simple tables.
3 I can draw and read information from bar charts.
3 I can draw and read information from pictograms.
4 I can read information from line graphs.
4 I can construct a bar chart.
4 I can design a simple questionnaire and data collection sheet.
4 I can collect data using a tally chart.
4 I can put data from a tally chart into a frequency table.
4 I can find the mode of a set of data.
4 I can find the median of a set of data.
5 I can use pie charts and explain what I have found out from them.
5 I can read information from compound bar charts.
5 I can make a tally and frequency chart for grouped data.
5 I can construct a frequency diagram.
5 I can suggest answers to problems like, 'How do people get to school and why do they choose those methods?'.
5 I know what data would be relevant to the problem that I want to so solve.
5 I can construct a frequency table with equal class intervals.
5 I can suggest a sample size for a survey.
5 I can write a report on the findings of a survey.
5 I can find and use the range of a set of data.
5 I can find the mean of a set of data.
5 I can explain when I need to use either the mean, median, mode or range and what they will tell me.
5 I can read and plot a stem and leaf diagram.
5 I can plot a scatter graph.
6 I can construct a pie chart.
6 I can construct a line chart for a time series.
6 I can construct a line graph comparing two variables.
6 I can suggest further questions to problems like 'How much TV do pupils and adults watch?'.
6 I know to what degree of accuracy my data needs to be to.
6 I can construct a frequency table for continuous data.
6 I can design a two-way table.
6 I can describe correlation in relation to scatter graphs.
7 I can plot the line of best fit on a scatter graph.