Handling data

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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.
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A Random Rambling Rant

A random ramble for teachers through some resources that might add a little life to a statistics class.
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P Is for Posing

In this article for Primary teachers, we suggest a four step data handling model, based on the work of Alan Graham.
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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.
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Helicopters

7 to 16

Design and test a paper helicopter. What is the best design?
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Statistics - Maths of Real Life

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14 to 18

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This pilot collection of resources is designed to introduce key statistical ideas and help students to deepen their understanding.
$\nostyle Challenging Data Tasks: The Making of "Where Are You Flying?"$

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Challenging Data Tasks: The Making of 'where Are You Flying?'

How was the data for this problem compiled? A guided tour through the process.