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Celebration Statistics Introduction

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Celebration Statistics Introduction

Party celebration with balloons and cake

🎉 Part 1: Understanding Statistics

1. What does the word "statistics" mean? Circle the best answer.

Playing games with numbers

Collecting, organising, and understanding information

Making up stories about data

Only counting things

2. Which of these are celebrations? Check all that apply.

Birthday parties

Matariki

Going to school

Waitangi Day

Sports team winning

Doing homework

3. Why might we collect data about celebrations? Circle the best reason.

To make celebrations boring

To learn what people like and help plan better events

To stop people from celebrating

Because teachers said we have to

📊 Part 2: Questions About Celebrations

4. Complete this sentence about data collection:

When we collect _____________ about celebrations, we can learn about what people _____________ and how they _____________ special occasions.

5. Write TWO questions about celebrations that we could answer by collecting data from our classmates:
6. If we asked "What is your favourite celebration?", what are three different answers (categories) people might give?

a) _________________________________

b) _________________________________

c) _________________________________

7. How could collecting data about celebrations help us in real life? Give one example.

🤔 Part 3: Thinking About Statistics

8. Match the statistical terms to their meanings by drawing lines:
Data
Category
Variable
Different types or groups
What we are asking about
Information we collect
9. Draw or write about one celebration that is important to you. What data could we collect about this celebration?
10. Reflection: What is one thing you learned today about statistics and celebrations?

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