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Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.
Anna, Ben and Charlie have been estimating 30 seconds. Who is the best?
How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Engage in a little mathematical detective work to see if you can spot the fakes.
This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.
Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.
Can you make sense of information about trees in order to maximise the profits of a forestry company?
How can we find out answers to questions like this if people often lie?
A geographical survey: answer the tiny questionnaire and then analyse all the collected responses...
Displaying one-variable and two-variable data can be straightforward; what about three or more?
Where do people fly to from London? What is good and bad about these representations?
This pilot collection of resources is designed to introduce key statistical ideas and help students to deepen their understanding.
Are you at risk of being a victim of crime? How does your perception of that risk compare with the facts and figures?
Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
Substitution and Transposition all in one! How fiendish can these codes get?
Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
When Charlie retires, he's looking forward to the quiet life, whereas Alison wants a busy and exciting retirement. Can you advise them on where they should go?
Investigate how avalanches occur and how they can be controlled
This article explores the process of making and testing hypotheses.
Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
You may like to read the article on Morse code before attempting this question. Morse's letter analysis was done over 150 years ago, so might there be a better allocation of symbols today?
Like all sports rankings, the cricket ratings involve some maths. In this case, they use a mathematical technique known as exponential weighting. For those who want to know more, read on.
Baker, Cooper, Jones and Smith are four people whose occupations are teacher, welder, mechanic and programmer, but not necessarily in that order. What is each person’s occupation?
Nine cross country runners compete in a team competition in which there are three matches. If you were a judge how would you decide who would win?
Choose any three by three square of dates on a calendar page...