Community Statistics Introduction

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Community statistics and data illustration

📊 Part 1: Understanding Statistics

1. What is statistics?

A way to collect, organise, and interpret information to answer questions

A type of mathematics that only uses numbers

A computer program for making graphs

A way to count money

2. Which of these are examples of categorical data? (Select all that apply)

Favourite sport

Number of siblings

Type of pet owned

Age in years

Preferred school subject

3. Which of these are examples of numerical data? (Select all that apply)

Height in centimetres

Eye colour

Number of books read this month

Favourite colour

Time spent on homework (in minutes)

4. Why is it important to consider ethics when collecting data from people?

To respect people's privacy and rights

To make the data look better

To collect more data faster

To avoid using computers

🏘️ Part 2: Community Statistics Questions

5. Complete this sentence: An investigative question is ________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

6. Write three investigative questions you could ask about your school community. Make sure each question could be answered using data.

Question 1:

Question 2:

Question 3:

7. Choose one of your investigative questions from above. Explain:

a) What type of data would you need to collect (categorical or numerical)?

b) Who would you collect this data from?

c) What ethical considerations would you need to think about?

🤔 Part 3: Reflection

8. Where do you see statistics being used in your everyday life? Give three examples.

9. How could knowing about statistics help improve your local community?

10. What is one thing about your community that you would like to investigate using statistics? Explain why this interests you.

Community Statistics Introduction

Community Statistics Introduction

📊 Part 1: Understanding Statistics

🏘️ Part 2: Community Statistics Questions

🤔 Part 3: Reflection

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