Handling data

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 decide whether these short statistical statements are always, sometimes or never true?

Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?

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

Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...

Find the frequency distribution for ordinary English, and use it to help you crack the code.

Is the age of this very old man statistically believable?

Can you guess the colours of the 10 marbles in the bag? Can you develop an effective strategy for reaching 1000 points in the least number of rounds?

This problem offers you two ways to test reactions - use them to investigate your ideas about speeds of reaction.