Statistical investigations resources

Students complete a pictograph for the number of marbles student have from data in a table. The pictograph has a key.

Students complete a stem and leaf graph about students' test scores and answer questions on mode, spread and range.

Students interpret a back-to-back bar graph about apples picked by comparing and identifying patterns.

Students study a bar graph of golf balls found by two children and answer questions interpreting and comparing the data.

Students compare the overall distribution of two dot plots and describe their reasons.

Students interpret a bar chart that shows the stopping distance of cars and are asked which car is safe and why.

Students decide on the best sample of students for a given survey and answer a multiple choice question. They also answer a question on sample size for best accuracy.

Students compare drawings of a healthy and unhealthy plant and decide which quantitative and/or qualitative data distinguishes them. This is a mathematics/science resource.

For this practical task students construct a composite strip graph of the nutrient groups found in three different food products.

Students answer questions and make statements based on information presented in a frequency table.

Students estimate and tally the number of each activity their partner completes in 30 seconds. They then identify the best estimate.

Students interpret a line graph showing the water temperature in a school pool over a two week period.

Students describe the shape of two distinctive dot plots showing different data.

Students construct a box-and-whisker graph from data in a table about the results of two classes' geography tests.

Students need to interpret data about travel time to school and common after-school activities and identify which statement is true from a list of given statements.

Students to interpret a bar graph and answer questions about its data.

Students complete a dot plot from a table of data about waiting time in a shop.

Students answer questions about a bar graph showing favourite ice-cream flavours. No calculation needed.

Students interpret back-to-back stem-and-leaf graphs. Knowledge of the median is required.

Students interpret information presented in a pie graph to answer questions.

Students need to answer questions about a pictogram which shows how much money was spent on different fireworks at a store.

Students calculate the mean for a set of test scores and identify how changes in the data will effect the mean.

Students construct and label a histogram of tulip heights from data in a table. They also answer questions about range, mode, median and mean.

This task requires students to answer questions about a stem-and-leaf graph of the lengths of seventeen frogs.

Students present data on the number of chocolate bars sold in a stem-and-leaf graph. The data is then ordered into a second graph.