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Week 1 of 4

Ask a question worth answering and plan how to collect the data

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Session 1 · SOLVE: See the Pattern

Claims, questions and predictions

  1. 10 minHook: three claims on the board, e.g. 'Kids our age hardly sleep', 'It always rains on the weekend', 'Boys have faster reactions'. Vote: true, false or can't tell? What would we need to know?
  2. 15 minStatistical or not? Sort question cards. 'How many hours did I sleep last night?' has one answer. 'How many hours do students in our class usually sleep on a school night?' expects the answers to vary. That variation is what statisticians study.
  3. 10 minVariables: sort examples into categorical (groups, like travel mode), discrete (counted, like number of siblings) and continuous (measured, like reaction time).
  4. 15 minChoose your context and write your own investigative question. Predict the answer and give a reason. Pin predictions to the class board so nobody can change them later.

Session 2 · SOLVE: Organise Information

Plan the data collection

  1. 10 minPPDAC: meet the cycle statisticians use (Problem, Plan, Data, Analysis, Conclusion). We have a Problem; now we need a Plan.
  2. 20 minPlan in groups: who or what will you measure, how many, exactly what, in what units, and how will everyone measure it the same way? Write the survey question or measuring method.
  3. 10 minPilot test: try your question or method on two people. Did they understand it? Did you get the kind of answer you expected? Fix one thing.
  4. 10 minTohu asks one question about your plan. Improve the plan and set up the recording table.

Getting started

Use the question starter: 'What is the typical ___ for ___?' or 'Do ___ tend to have more/less ___ than ___?'

Stretch

Write a comparison question (two groups, like two classes or two places) and explain why it needs more careful planning than a summary question.

Checkpoint

Each group has a statistical question, a written prediction with a reason, a tested method and a recording table with units.

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