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Data & Chance

Statistics and probability, collecting, displaying, summarising and interpreting data, and understanding chance.

20lessons
4assessments
8-12hstudy
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Section 1, Data Collection and Display
1
Types of Data
Categorical vs numerical, discrete vs continuous
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2
Collecting Data
Surveys, observations, experiments, population vs sample
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3
Frequency Tables
Tally marks, grouped data, totals
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4
Bar Charts and Column Graphs
Drawing rules, axes, scales, key features
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5
Pie Charts
Calculating angles, parts of a whole
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6
Line Graphs
Data over time, trends, when to use
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7
Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Dot Plots
Showing all values, shape of distribution
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Q1
Checkpoint 1
Lessons 1–7
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Section 2, Summary Statistics
8
The Mean
Arithmetic average, from frequency tables
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9
The Median
Middle value, odd and even counts
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10
The Mode and Range
Most common value, spread of data
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11
Comparing Data Sets
Centre and spread, consistency
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12
Interpreting Graphs
Reading trends, peaks, outliers
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13
Misleading Graphs
Truncated axes, 3D effects, bias
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14
Introduction to Probability
Events, outcomes, simple probability
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Q2
Checkpoint 2
Lessons 8–14
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Section 3, Probability
15
The Probability Scale
Fractions, decimals, percentages, words
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16
Experimental Probability
Relative frequency, law of large numbers
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17
Theoretical Probability
Equally likely outcomes, complementary events
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18
Sample Space and Tree Diagrams
Listing outcomes, multiplication rule
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19
Two-Stage Experiments
With and without replacement
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20
Data and Chance Synthesis
Connecting data and probability
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Q3
Checkpoint 3
Lessons 15–20
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QZ
Unit Quiz
All 20 lessons
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