Interpreting statistical and chance situations resources

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 compare a data table and a line graph and identify features that are missing or incorrect in the graph.

Students are required to explain the misleading aspects of two graphs found in newspaper articles.

Students choose the best statement from five options to describe the probability of receiving notes and coins in a board game.

Students identify true and false statements, and provide a description of the most important features of a time series graph.

Students consider three different sampling methods for a survey and decide if each is a fair sample, explaining their answer.

Students identify the most likely combination of throws for a fair coin, and explain their reasons.

Students identify the most likely sequence of tosses of a fair coin and explain their reasons.