Comparing and interpreting data

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.

This article for teachers describes an activity which encourages meaningful data collection, display and interpretation.

This article for teachers looks at some suggestions taken from the NRICH website that offer a broad view of data and ask some more probing questions about it.

This article explores the process of making and testing hypotheses.

How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?