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CHANCE CD 4.1 Students analyse experimental
data and compare numerical results with predicted results to inform judgments
about the likelihood of particular outcomes. |
CORE CONTENT
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Likelihood |
Judgments
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• language of chance − frequency table − relative frequency • probability values − impossible to certain, 0 to 1, key
percentages between 0% and 100% − relate colloquialisms to probability values
(e.g. ‘fifty-fifty’, ‘Buckley’s chance’) |
• subjective and numerical judgments − comparisons and predictions based on
experimental and given data − fairness of rules
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DATA CD 4.2 Students plan and carry out data collections using their own data record templates, choose and construct appropriate displays and make comparisons about the data based on the displays and measures of location. . |
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Collecting and Handling Data
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Exploring and Presenting Data
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Identifying and
Interpreting Variation |
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• plans and methods for data collection − design of data record templates − data entry into spreadsheets − extraction of data from existing data
sources • classify data • check data • discrete data − categorical data − count data • continuous data |
• displays − pie charts − bar graphs − dot-plots − line graphs − two-way tables − lists |
• features of data − measures of location (central tendency) º mean º median º mode (for discrete data) • limitations of measures of location |
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LIFE-LONG LEARNER ATTRIBUTES ADDRESSED |
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a knowledgeable person with deep understanding |
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a complex thinker |
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a creative person |
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an active investigator |
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an effective communicator |
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a participant in an interdependent world |
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a reflective and self-directed learner. |