AC9TDI8P02

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analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends

Elaborations

• AC9TDI8P02_E1 - summarising data based on its attributes to identify trends and make predictions, for example sorting crime data by type of offence, showing that burglaries have decreased over time to predict fewer burglaries will happen next year
• AC9TDI8P02_E2 - visualising multidimensional data by choosing appropriate graphs, for example a scatter plot of food prices and sales, coloured by each food’s sugar content, or diagrams such as a social network diagram and maps of crime rates by location to reveal trends, outliers or other information

Achievement Standard Components

• ASTEC7803 - They acquire, interpret and model with spreadsheets and represent data with integers and binary.
• ASTECTDI7802 - Students acquire, interpret and model data with spreadsheets and represent data with integers and binary.