Using and applying statistics

Assignments

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Anthropometric Data
Excel Spreadsheet contains anthropometric data from a large sample of children and young adults. Teacher notes give suggestions for their use in an assignment or for practice of statistical techniques.

Teacher Notes: (application/msword, 116 KB) (application/pdf, 75 KB)
Spreadsheet: (application/vnd.ms-excel, 499 KB)

Global Warming
Gives a list of websites that have reports or articles about global warming including statistical evidence. Students analyse one or more of these reports to meet the second portfolio requirement. Includes Teacher Notes.

Student Information (application/msword, 83 KB) (application/pdf, 39 KB)

Mammals
Data sheets giving body mass, brain mass, sleep duration, life span, gestation time and danger index for small, medium and large mammals. Assignment and suggestions for alternative uses. Optional use of spreadsheet. Teacher Notes included.

Student Information: (application/msword, 776 KB) (application/pdf, 171 KB)
Spreadsheet: (application/vnd.ms-excel, 21 KB)

Critical Thinking
Gives general instructions for the report that learners must include in their portfolio and a list of useful weblinks.

Student Information (application/octet-stream, 116 KB) (application/pdf, 50 KB)