Statistical investigations resources

Students identify further information that is required to calculate averages.

Students complete the total and mean columns in a table of sunshine hours. They then construct a bar graph and make a statement comparing some of the data.

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

Students interpret data presented in raw form to answer questions, calculate a percentage, and calculate a variety of data measures.

Students are asked to construct and label a line graph of words typed per minute by two students for each day of the week. Data is provided in a frequency table.

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

Students read a short piece of text and construct a tally chart for the number of letters in each word. With these results they draw and label a pie graph.

Students study a table of test results percentages for a range of subjects. Students answer questions involving mean, median, mode and range.

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

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

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

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

Students interpret information presented in a data table and answer questions, and calculate an average.

Students answer questions and calculate a percentage related to a bar graph of the ways students travel to school.

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

For this practical task students collect time-series data on the change in water temperature in a container at regular time intervals. Students are also required to display their results on an appropriate graph.

Students construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf graph of softball throwing distances from two sets of data.

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

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 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 draw a graph from data about peaches picked in an orchard displayed in a frequency chart.

Students complete and label a bar graph and a strip graph about eye colour from a table of information.

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

Students to interpret pie graphs by answering questions about percentages and numerical values.

Each student designs a question and an associated scale to record other students' attitudes to mathematics.