This pilot collection of resources is designed to introduce key statistical ideas and help students to deepen their understanding.
"Too much sleep is deadly" proclaimed the newspaper headline. Is this true?
A geographical survey: answer the tiny questionnaire and then analyse all the collected responses...
Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?
How can we find out answers to questions like this if people often lie?
Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
Displaying one-variable and two-variable data can be straightforward; what about three or more?
How was the data for this problem compiled? A guided tour through the process.
Where do people fly to from London? What is good and bad about these representations?
How can we make sense of national and global statistics involving very large numbers?
Here is the start of a six-part challenge. Can you get to the end and crack the final message?
What biological growth processes can you fit to these graphs?
Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?
How can people be divided into groups fairly for events in the Paralympics, for school sports days, or for subject sets?
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
A maths-based Football World Cup simulation for teachers and students to use.
Substitution and Transposition all in one! How fiendish can these codes get?
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?
Design and test a paper helicopter. What is the best design?
Have you ever wondered how maps are made? Or perhaps who first thought of the idea of designing maps? We're here to answer these questions for you.
Can you make sense of the charts and diagrams that are created and used by sports competitors, trainers and statisticians?