Math Games

Year 8 - Statistics & Probability

Standard 8.SP.1.2 - Use the sample data in a chart to find the mode.

Included Skills:

Data representation and interpretation
• Investigate techniques for collecting data, including census, sampling and observation
- identifying situations where data can be collected by census and those where a sample is appropriate
• Explore the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through sampling using a variety of investigative processes
- investigating the uses of random sampling to collect data
• Explore the variation of means and proportions of random samples drawn from the same population
- using sample properties to predict characteristics of the population
• Investigate the effect of individual data values, including outliers, on the mean and median
- using displays of data to explore and investigate effects