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Being Collaborative - Statistics

In a box
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In a box

Age
14 to 16
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Chris and Jo put two red and four blue ribbons in a box. They each pick a ribbon from the box without looking. Jo wins if the two ribbons are the same colour. Is the game fair?
Chances are
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Chances are

Age
14 to 16
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Which of these games would you play to give yourself the best possible chance of winning a prize?
The Better Choice
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The Better Choice

Age
14 to 16
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Here are two games you can play. Which offers the better chance of winning?
Reaction timer
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Reaction timer

Age
11 to 14
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This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
Which spinners?
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Which spinners?

Age
14 to 18
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Can you work out which spinners were used to generate the frequency charts?
How would you score it?
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How would you score it?

Age
11 to 14
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Invent a scoring system for a 'guess the weight' competition.
Sociable Cards
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Sociable Cards

Age
11 to 14
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Move your counters through this snake of cards and see how far you can go. Are you surprised by where you end up?
What does random look like?
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What does random look like?

Age
11 to 14
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Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.
Who's the best?
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Who's the best?

Age
11 to 14
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Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Olympic Records
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Olympic Records

Age
11 to 14
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Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Which list is which?
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Which list is which?

Age
14 to 16
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Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
Picturing the world
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Picturing the world

Age
14 to 16
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How can we make sense of national and global statistics involving very large numbers?
Perception versus reality
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Perception versus reality

Age
14 to 18
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Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?
Box plot match
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Box plot match

Age
14 to 16
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Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.
m, m and m
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M, M and M

Age
11 to 14
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If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?