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Task 1 Objectives: Can you trust
statistics? n
Today
you will learn: •
Where
statistics come from •
How to judge
whether statistics can be trusted •
How charts
make data easier to understand n
I
am looking for you to: •
Answer
questions about the survey data •
Create a chart
from the survey data •
Say how you
can judge whether statistics are reliable |
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Instructions |
Help and Resources |
Time |
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1.1*
Welcome |
Complete Water Survey |
10 mins |
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1.2 Create a new folder in ICT called ‘Survey’. Save Survey.xls to this folder, then
open it. |
SAVE & OPEN Survey.xls |
5 mins |
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1.3 Watch the presentation by your teacher about Data Handling, then
discuss how reliable data sources are. Teacher Note: Slides contain animations. |
10 mins |
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1.4 Examine the table of
data in Survey.xls and answer questions about
it. How reliable and relevant are the data? |
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10 mins |
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1.5 Watch the demonstration
by your teacher of how to create a chart
from the data table, then create your own chart. |
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15 mins |
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Plenary Discuss today’s
objectives: Where do statistics come
from? How can we judge if they are reliable
and/or relevant? How might charts make data easier to understand? |
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5 mins |
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Key Vocabulary: accurate, bar chart, bias, data, database,
hypothesis, information source, internet, interrogate, pie chart,
questionnaire, reliable, sample, sample composition, sample size, source, table,
URL, viewpoint |
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Teacher Notes: 1.1 If the Water
Survey is not accessible online, a paper version is available here. |
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