Language and Use of Statistics

Types of Data (Cat, Disc, Cont, etc.)

Obtaining Representative Data (Investigation)

Sampling Techniques

Questionnaire Design (investigation)

Pros and Cons of Samples (Investigation)

Pros and Cons of a Census (Investigation)

Statistics and the Weather (Investigation)

EXT: Choice of Graph for Data I (Investigation)

Tabulate and Graph Data (Investigation)

Sampling and Bias (Investigation)

Sources of Bias

Life Expectancy (Investigation)

Grade 11

Sources of Bias

Interactive practice questions

"Do you want a $soup$ for lunch or a sandwich?"

Is the question biased or fair?

Biased

A

Fair

B

Easy

< 1 min

"What do you do on a $Sunday$ morning?"

Easy

< 1 min

Is the question "Do you like these $shoes$ ?" biased or fair?

Easy

< 1 min

"Which of these two $shirt$ s do you prefer at the moment?"

Easy

< 1 min

Outcomes

11C.D.1.1

Identify situations involving one-variable data, and design questionnaires or experiments for gathering one-variable data, giving consideration to ethics, privacy, the need for honest responses, and possible sources of bias

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