Statistical investigations resources

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 compare drawings of a healthy and unhealthy plant and decide which quantitative and/or qualitative data distinguishes them. They draw conclusions from the data. This is a mathematics/science resource.

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

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

Students complete a frequency table on some provided data and carry out calculations related to averages.

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

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

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

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

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

Students study a dot plot of the months students' were born and answer questions interpreting the data.

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

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

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

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

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 choose the best type of graph for a selection of sets of data.

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

This task requires students to interpret a stem-and-leaf graph made by a class showing estimates of jelly beans in a jar.

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

Students identify further information that is required to calculate averages.

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