Statistical investigations resources

Students are required to critique a survey and design another useful question to be included.

Students identify and write down two examples each of discrete data and continuous data.

Students complete a tally chart to show the frequency of running times for a women's marathon. Students then present this information in a histogram.

Students study a box-and-whisker graph and answer questions on median, quartile and outliers.

Students write a report on a table of data and make recommendations from their report.

Students answer questions about a table showing hair and eye colour of students. Calculation is required.

Students show their understanding of a dot plot by responding to questions about the birth months of a class.

This task requires students to answer multiple choice questions about a frequency table showing the number of colour TVs fixed in a week.

Students are asked to study a stem-and-leaf graph on armspan of students and answer questions interpreting the data.

Students plan aspects of a statistical investigation about the most common birth month in Year 8, including designing a table for data collection.

Students interpret a bar graph of account balances and respond to questions about the data.

Students interpret a strip graph and relationships within the graph.

This task requires students to describe and compare line graphs of three different sets of data.

Students construct a tally chart of project marks by grouping the marks, tallying and then totalling each group of marks..

Students construct and label a line graph of time spent on Maths and Science homework, and answer questions interpreting the data.

Students interpret a tally chart of the number of hours of people read in a week

Students answer questions and calculate means and ranges from a composite histogram of rainfall in two towns.

Students construct a composite dot plot of shots at a basketball hoop by two classes. They identify the mode and range, and make statements about the results.

Students study a box-and-whisker graph of community fundraising, and answer questions interpreting the data.

Students display data on a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph to show the times taken to complete two walks. The longer of the two walks is then identified.

Students use a protractor to construct a pie chart to record the frequency of favourite TV programmes from the data provided in a table.

Students need to complete a pictograph of the target monthly house sales. This includes constructing the key, drawing in an axis, adding a title, and presenting the data.

Students complete a bar graph from details about paua diving and answer questions interpreting the data, including finding an average.

Students construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph for heights of trees. They then answer a question on range and make a statement comparing the heights of akeake and kōhūhū.

Students interpret a back-to-back bar graph comparing and identifying a pattern in the data.