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Mathematics: Statistics
Level indicator: Level 1 - Sort objects or whole number data and group these appropriately Level 2 - Present category and whole number data appropriately Level 3 - Present discrete data appropriately Level 4 - Preseant a wide range of statistical data appropriately Level 5 - Present comparative data in a variety of ways

Data display

Present comparative data in a variety of ways

 Statistics data display progression
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What the work shows

The task

The teacher provided the students with numerical data for the heart rates of a class of students before and after exercise. She set the task: "Make a display comparing the students' heart rates before and after exercise."

Images of student problem solving process

Whina's work shows that she is able to:

  • produce a box-and-whisker plot with:
    • a title
    • axes drawn to an appropriate scale and labelled
  • find and accurately plot the range, median, and quartiles of numerical data.

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