Year 8 - Statistics & Probability
Standard 8.SP.1.2 - Practice calculating the mean, median, mode and range of a sample.
Included Skills: Stats
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