AC9M9ST01

See also: Learning Areas / Mathematics / Mathematics / Statistics / Year 9

analyse reports of surveys in digital media and elsewhere for information on how data was obtained to estimate population means and medians

Elaborations

• AC9M9ST01_E1 - investigating and evaluating statistical reports in the media and other places by linking claims to displays, statistics and representative data
• AC9M9ST01_E2 - investigating the use of statistics in reports regarding the growth of Australia's trade with other countries of the Asia region
• AC9M9ST01_E3 - investigating a range of data and its sources; for example, the age of residents in Australia, Cambodia and Tonga; the number of subjects studied at school in a year by \(14\)-year-old students in Australia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Timor-Leste
• AC9M9ST01_E4 - analysing reports of public opinion surveys on environmental issues, such as land clearing, wind farms or single use plastics; discussing methods of data collection and the reasonableness of any inferences made

Achievement Standard Components

• ASMAT917 - Students explain how sampling techniques and representation can be used to support or question conclusions or to promote a point of view.