Carrying Out Investigations

Identify characteristics that are pertinent to investigations. Use statistical terms - qualitative and quantitative data, primary and secondary data, discrete and continuous variables, population, representative, biased, random and stratified samples etc.
Discuss different methods of collecting data – the use of surveys (including questionnaires), observations and experiments. Include ideas associated with consistency, repeatability and variability between samples.

MUSIC- Students write an hypothesis and design an experiment to test whether listening to music has any effect on the performance of people doing work. Includes arithmetic tests that may be used to carry out such an experiment.

DISCUSS Sampling Methods
DISCUSS Worksheet

CENSUS AT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES