Statistical investigations resources

Students interpret a bar graph which shows the number of cats taken to a veterinarian in one week.

Students interpret a dot plot showing the number of books read by a class of students.

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

Students interpret information presented in a bar graph to answer questions and calculate averages.

This practical task requires students to record data, which is read out to them, on a stem-and-leaf graph. The leaves are then ordered into a second graph and the graph interpreted.

Students present data on birth dates in a stem-and-leaf graph. The data is then ordered into a second graph.

Students complete a pictograph showing the results of a survey about favourite rugby teams.

For this practical task students display given data in a stem-and-leaf graph to show what days of the month Room 6 children had their birthdays.

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

This task requires students to interpret a pie graph about sports watched on TV and answer multiple choice questions.

A council survey is to be sent out, and students are asked to give examples of representative samples.

Students show their understanding of a table of time data by answering questions about features of the distribution.

Students complete two strip graphs about the flavour of ice cream bought by girls and boys, and answer a question on interpreting the data.

Students complete an array to show the number of shaded and unshaded shapes. Students identify the most common shape.

Students interpret information presented on a strip graph and then present the same information in a pie graph.

Students answer questions and calculate percentages from a frequency table of tree heights.

Using a piece of their own writing students calculate the average and range of the sentence lengths.

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.

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 strip graph and relationships within the graph.

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