The context for this oral assessment is an informative speech about a famous historic person. ARB scoring guides A, B, and C are suitable for this task.
The assessment context is a prepared speech of introduction. The time limit is 1 minute and a content checklist is provided. Assessment guides B and C are suitable for this task.
Students study a box-and-whisker graph of Social Studies marks for 4 classes. They answer questions interpreting the data, and comparing, range and best performance.
Students are required to give reasons why the samples used to survey New Zealand school students on their favourite sports, may not be representative of the population.
Students firstly find the mean and median length of pencils. Secondly students find the median, and lower and upper quartile for the number of cars that passed through the school gate.
Students identify the appropriate type of graph for a statistical investigation about dice throws. They also justify the use of a histogram for an investigation about heights of people, indicating their understanding of discrete and continuous data.
Students construct a composite dot plot of girls' and boys' shots at a basketball hoop. They identify the mode and range, and make statements about the results.