Handling data

There are 54 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Handling data
Unequal Averages
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Unequal Averages

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11 to 14
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Play around with sets of five numbers and see what you can discover about different types of average...
Box plot match
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Box plot match

Age
14 to 16
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Match the cumulative frequency curves with their corresponding box plots.
Half a minute
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Half a minute

Age
11 to 14
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Anna, Ben and Charlie have been estimating 30 seconds. Who is the best?
Wipeout
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Wipeout

Age
11 to 16
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Can you do a little mathematical detective work to figure out which number has been wiped out?
About Average
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About Average

Age
11 to 14
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Can you find sets of numbers which satisfy each of our mean, median, mode and range conditions?
Estimating time
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Estimating time

Age
11 to 14
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How well can you estimate 10 seconds? Investigate with our timing tool.
Perception versus reality
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Perception versus reality

Age
14 to 18
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Infographics are a powerful way of communicating statistical information. Can you come up with your own?
What's the weather like?
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What's the weather like?

Age
11 to 14
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With access to weather station data, what interesting questions can you investigate?
Picturing the world
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Picturing the world

Age
14 to 16
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How can we make sense of national and global statistics involving very large numbers?
History of Morse
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History of Morse

This short article gives an outline of the origins of Morse code and its inventor and how the frequency of letters is reflected in the code they were given.