In a range of meaningful contexts, students will be engaged in thinking mathematically and statistically. They will solve problems and model situations that require them to:
Statistical investigation
S7-1: Carry out investigations of phenomena, using the statistical enquiry cycle:
- conducting surveys that require random sampling techniques, conducting experiments, and using existing data sets;
- evaluating the choice of measures for variables and the sampling and data collection methods used;
- using relevant contextual knowledge, exploratory data analysis, and statistical inference.
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S7-2: Make inferences from surveys and experiments:
- making informal predictions, interpolations, and extrapolations
- using sample statistics to make point estimates of population parameters
- recognising the effect of sample size on the variability of an estimate.
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Statistical literacy
S7-3: Evaluate statistically based reports:
- interpreting risk and relative risk
- identifying sampling and possible non-sampling errors in surveys, including polls.
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Probability
S7-4: Investigate situations that involve elements of chance:
- comparing theoretical continuous distributions, such as the normal distribution, with experimental distributions
- calculating probabilities, using such tools as two-way tables, tree diagrams, simulations, and technology.
Read about this AO in the Senior Secondary Curriculum Guide on TKI.