Comparing and interpreting data

Class 5 were looking at the first letter of each of their names. They created different charts to show this information. Can you work out which member of the class was away on that day?

Have a look at this data from the RSPB 2011 Birdwatch. What can you say about the data?

Take a look at these data collected by children in 1986 as part of the Domesday Project. What do they tell you? What do you think about the way they are presented?

Six samples were taken from two distributions but they got muddled up. Can you work out which list is which?

This activity is based on data in the book 'If the World Were a Village'. How will you represent your chosen data for maximum effect?

Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?

Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?

Can you put these mixed-up times in order? You could arrange them in a circle.

Does weight confer an advantage to shot putters?