Statistical investigations resources

Students explain why one set of data is discrete and another is continuous.

Students are required to compare sales represented on line graphs of the total sales and the pattern of sales over time.

Students construct a bar graph by categorising a range food items.

This task requires students to interpret and answer questions from a time-series line graph.

Students interpret information presented in a table, and calculate averages.

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 task requires students to answer questions about a tally chart of the number of planes taking off from an airport.

Students design a qualitative scale for measuring how hard their school work is, then use it to record their opinions throughout the day.

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 pose a question for an investigation about favourite sports. They then construct a table that could record the results.

Students record the number of different shapes on a tally chart and total each.

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 complete a picture-graph from a chart of data about the number of sunny days recorded over six months with a scale.

Students decide how to group a selection of data about rubbish on the school field and construct a tally chart and frequency table.

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.