Comparing and interpreting data
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Investigating epidemics
Simple models which help us to investigate how epidemics grow and die out.
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Terrariums
Build a mini eco-system, and collect and interpret data on how well the plants grow under different conditions.
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Decathlon: the art of scoring points
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?
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Cricket ratings
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.
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Meaningful statistics
This article for teachers describes an activity which encourages
meaningful data collection, display and interpretation.
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Enriching data handling
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.
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Understanding hypotheses
This article explores the process of making and testing hypotheses.