Australian International Academy, Kellyville

Year 8
Unit: Graphical Representation and Data Analysis
Due Date: 30/10/2020
Key Concept: Related Concepts: Global Context: MYP Criteria:
Relationship Generalisation and Scientific and technical D - Applying mathematics in real-life
Patterns innovation contexts

Statement of inquiry:
Relationships can be generalised by looking at patterns of change.
ATL Skills
Thinking skills.

NESA outcomes:
 communicates and connects mathematical ideas using appropriate terminology, diagrams and symbols
(MA4-1WM)
 applies appropriate mathematical techniques to solve problems (MA4-2WM)
 recognises and explains mathematical relationships using reasoning (MA4-3WM)
 collects, represents and interprets single sets of data, using appropriate statistical displays (MA4-19SP)

Description of Activity:
You are a journalist and your local newspaper has asked you to write an article about the students that attend
your school.
1. In pairs, you are going to choose a topic from the list below for which you are going to design a survey which
will give you information about the students that attend your school. • Music • Sport • Diet/Exercise •
Hobbies/Interests • Holidays • School • Family • Technology
2. Write 2 questions that you could ask about your chosen topic that will give you two types of data. (e.g.
Categorical, discrete)
3. Once you have decided on the questions create your survey.
4. Design a data collection sheet (This is to note down student responses).
5. Conduct your survey.
6. Collect, organise and display your data.
7. Analyse your data.
8. Draw conclusions based on analysis of your data.
9. Write your report.
10. You have now performed a statistical inquiry

Work through the questions in this task sheet to help you create your article.

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 Criterion D: Applying mathematics in real-life contexts
Achievement Level descriptor
level
0 The student does not reach a standard described by
any of the descriptors below.
1–2 The student is able to:
identify some of the elements of the authentic real-
life situation and apply mathematical strategies to
find a solution to the authentic real-life situation, with
limited success.
3–4 The student is able to:
identify the relevant elements of the authentic real-
life situation, select, with some success, adequate
mathematical strategies to model the authentic real-
life situation. They apply mathematical strategies to
reach a solution to the authentic real-life situation and
describe whether the solution makes sense in the
context of the authentic real-life situation.
5–6 The student is able to:
identify the relevant elements of the authentic real-
life situation, select adequate mathematical strategies
to model the authentic real-life situation. They apply
the selected mathematical strategies to reach a valid
solution to the authentic real-life situation.
7–8 The student is able to:
identify the relevant elements of the authentic real-
life situation, select appropriate mathematical
strategies to model the authentic real-life situation
and apply the selected mathematical strategies to
reach a correct solution. They explain the degree of
accuracy of the solution and whether the solution
makes sense in the context of the authentic real-life
situation.
Task Specific
The student is able to identify the posing question and
determine what data needs to be collected by making sure
they apply some understanding of discrete and continuous
data
The student is able to identify and describe how to collect
the data and describe details about the data,
census/sample/continuous/discrete/primary/secondary etc.
The student applies the relevant procedures to ensure
reliability
The student is able to identify and apply how to collect the
data and describe details about the data,
census/sample/continuous/discrete/primary/secondary etc.
to collect and present data. The appropriate method of
presenting data is selected.
The student is able to identify and apply how to collect the
data and describe details about the data,
census/sample/continuous/discrete/primary/secondary etc.
to collect and present data. The appropriate method of
presenting data is selected. The student explains finding
by calculating the mean, mode range and median.
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 ATL Descriptor
Thinking
1 – Never 2-Rarely 3-Sometimes 4-Usually 5-Consistently

Reflection
I think I will achieve a level 6 (Criteria D 1-8) in because…
Complete after finishing the assessment before the teacher has marked

I think I will achieve a level 6 because I understood most of the questions and did them to the best of my
ability. Some of the questions took me a little longer to understand but I got through them in the end.

I achieved a level _____ because…

Complete after receiving the marked work back
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To better my level, I need to….

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Level 1-2
1. What is it that you want to find out? Why?
2. What type of data will you be collecting?
3. What type of questions will you ask to collect your data?

1) The topic I have chosen to investigate is School. I have chosen this topic to find out if people
study in their free time, how much time they spend on homework and to get their opinions
on this school.

2) I am collecting quantitative discrete data.

3) Here are my questions

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxkNZI0_or2_61GWURkVHq4KtKBIwgidjwTm95XSCmKWnyQg/
viewform?usp=sf_link

1. How much time do you spend on homework?

 30mins-1 hours
 1 hour– 2 hours
 2 hours – 3 hours
 4+ hours

2. Do you do extra study besides homework? Yes/No

3. Which of these 4 subjects do you prefer?

 Science
 Design Tech
 Visual Arts
 Music

4. Where do you get your information from when doing research tasks?
 Books
 Internet
 Magazines
 Teachers

5. Do you like school? Yes/No

6. Do you feel safe in school? Yes/No
7. How much time do you spend studying on the weekend?
 30 mins - 1 hour
 1 hour - 2 hours
 2 hours - 3 hours
 3+ hours
 I do not study on the weekend

8. Are you satisfied with the standard of education at this school? Yes/No
9. Would you recommend this school to others? Yes/No

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4. Is a census or sample more appropriate to collect your data?
5. Will you be using a primary or secondary source to collect your data? Explain
6. What methods will you use to collect your information? E.g. survey, interview, observation
…
7. Who are you going to survey? (Sample size, students, grade …)
8. Is the data you will collect reliable? (Give reasons)

4. A census is when a target population is surveyed and a sample is when a handful of people or a random
selection of people is surveyed, therefore a sample is the more appropriate way to collect my data since not
everyone in year 8 participated in my survey.

5. Primary data or raw data is data collected firsthand using surveys, interviews and or experiments.
Secondary data is data that has been already collected by someone else, sources include, books, online
databases, government, media, and general business sources. Since I used a survey to collect my data, I am
collecting primary data.

6. I will be using a google form to conduct my survey and collect my information since this method is the
most time-efficient, easy, and organised.

7. I will be surveying about 20 – 25 students in my grade (year 8).

8. The data I collected is reliable for 2 reasons. Number 1 is because all participants of the survey had also
designed their own surveys and knew the importance of the accuracy of the results and number 2 is
because there were no unusual answers.

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Level 5-6
9. Organise your data in such a way that it is easy to interpret e.g. Frequency table
10. Display your data using appropriate graphs and data displays. (Histograms, Dot plots)

9. Frequency table
Q1) How much time do you spend on homework?
Time (Hours) Frequency
30 mins – 1 5
1–2 6
2–3 6
3+ 4
Q3) Which of these four subjects do your prefer?
Subject Frequency
Design Tech 17
Science 9
Visual Arts 9
Music 4

Q4) Where do you get your information form when doing research tasks?
Source Frequency
Books 1
Internet 16
Magazines 2
Teachers 2
Q7) How much time do you spend studying on the weekend?
Time (hours) Frequency
30 mins – 1 hour 7
1–2 3
2–3 4
3+ 3
I don’t study on the weekend 4

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Level 7-8
11. Summarise your data by calculating the mean, mode range and median. Analyse the
data and identify any trends.
12. What interesting facts did you find about the students that attend your school? Write
your report/article. Remember to include your data to justify your reasoning.
10.
How much time do you spend on homeowork?
Mean Mode Range Median
3.21 hours 6 2 5.5
Which of these 4 subjects do you prefer?
Mean Mode Range Median
No mean Design tech 13 9
Where do you get your information from when doing rsearch tasks?
Mean Mode Range Median
No mean Internet 15 2
How much time do you spend studying on the weekend?
Mean Mode Range Median
2.3 hours 3,4 5 4

Report:
The topic I have chosen to investigate is School. I collected data from a sample of 21 year 8 students. The
questions I asked were based off of how much time they spend on tasks (homework, extra studying), which
subjects they prefer, where they get there information from when doing research tasks and how they feel
about the school and it’s education standard. The type of data I collected was primary data. Primary data
or raw data is data collected firsthand using surveys, interviews and or experiments. I used a google form
to conduct my survey and collect my information since this method is the most time-efficient, easy, and
organised.

A census is when a target population is surveyed and a sample is when a handful of people or a random
selection of people is surveyed, therefore a sample is the more appropriate way to collect my data since
not everyone in year 8 participated in my survey.

The average time a student spends on homework was 3.21 hours a day and only 19% of the students that
completed the survey spend more than 3 hours a day on homework. The average time students spend on
extra studying on the weekend is 2.3 hours. When getting information for their research tasks, 76.2% of
students receive information from the internet while 4.8% of students receive information from books.

Furthemore, another interesting but concerning fact I found was that 45% of students do not feel safe in
school and 76.2% of students wouldn’t recommend this school to others.

Finally, the data I collected is reliable for 2 reasons. Number 1 is because all participants of the survey had
also designed their own surveys and knew the importance of the accuracy of the results and number 2 is
because there were no unusual answers.

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