AC9M9ST03 • Year 9 Maths

Represent the distribution of multiple data sets for numerical variables (AC9M9ST03)

recognise situations, including financial contexts, that use integers; locate and represent integers on a number line and as coordinates on the Cartesian plane

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  • represent the distribution of multiple data sets for numerical variables using comparative representations; compare data distributions with consideration of centre, spread…
  • Example: describing the shape of the distribution of data using terms such as “positive skew”, “negative skew” and “symmetric” and “bi-modal”
  • Common trap: using stem-and-leaf plots to compare 2 like sets of data such as the heights of girls and the heights of boys in a class