Year 9 Statistics
Week beginning 1st June
This week's video seminar
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Learning intentions
Recognise and define some key terminology for GCSE statistics
Know the advantages and disadvantages of primary and secondary data
Total study time this week: 1.5 hours
Office hours
If you have any questions or need support, please join our drop-in Q&A session on Google Meet at the time shown below.
Teacher: Mr A Machin
Office hours: Wednesday 9-10am (click to join)
You can also email Mr Machin at any time.
Activity 1 - Introduction to terminology
Research and write a description for the terms below. Your descriptions must be typed up and must be no longer than 3 sentences for each term. If thee are multiple definitions for words, e.g. discrete, then it must be the statistical version of the word (45 mins)
Qualitative
Quantitative
Discrete
Continuous
Primary data
Secondary data
Population
Sample frame
Provide an example of each of the terms above. You must provide your answer using a full sentence e.g. An example of a qualitative piece of data is the colour of a car. (15mins)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of primary data and secondary data. You can provide your answers to this using bullet points (15 mins)
Email your work to amachin@q3cademy.org.uk by 4pm on Friday for him to check. (5 mins)