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Introduction to Statistics

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Introduction to Statistics

Arjun, Oliver and Mei are helping plan activities for a Year 7 marae visit. Use the information and questions below to explore how statisticians collect, describe and display data. Show working where needed.

Ask and collect

The group wants to find out how long Year 7 students travel to school. They ask 12 students and record each journey time in minutes.

1.Which is the best statistical question for this investigation?
  • How long does Arjun take to get to school?
  • How many minutes do Year 7 students take to travel to school?
  • Is the marae visit on Thursday?
  • What is 12 multiplied by 5?
2.In this investigation, name the population and the sample.
3.The travel times (minutes) are 10, 15, 20, 15, 25, 10, 30, 15, 20, 10, 35, 15. Find the mode and explain what it tells you.
4.Find the mean travel time for the 12 students. Show your calculation.

Make sense of a survey

At the marae visit, 20 students choose one activity they are most keen to try. The results are shown below.

Activity

Number of students

Weaving

6

Kapa haka

5

Storytelling

4

Games

5

2 printable pages

  • Introduction to Statistics, page 1 of 2: Ask and collect

    Page 1

  • Introduction to Statistics, page 2 of 2: Make sense of a survey

    Page 2

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