Media report 2

Learning Material  |  Interactive Lesson


Published on 2018 August 13th

Description
Help an editor to check an article drafted for a magazine. Examine a column graph showing findings about water usage, students' career plans or starting salaries. Make sure the graph is soundly constructed. Look for any problems that may affect the accuracy of conclusions drawn from the graph. For example, check that markings on the vertical axis are evenly spaced and start at zero. Adjust the graph if needed. This learning object is a combination of three objects in a series of six learning objects
Objective
Students interpret graphical representations of grouped data.
Students identify errors in construction of scales and misleading conclusions derived from that data.
Students edit a graph to conform with sound graphing practices

Curriculum Information

K to 12
Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Learners, Students

Copyright Information

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Education Sevices Australia
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