Handling data

  • Enriching Data Handling
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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.
  • Meaningful Statistics
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    Meaningful statistics

    This article for teachers describes an activity which encourages meaningful data collection, display and interpretation.
  • Cricket Ratings
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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.
  • Handling Data - Short Problems
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    Shifting average

    Age
    11 to 14
    Challenge level
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    What happens to the average if you subtract 8 from all of the numbers?