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Title: Purpose of this junior maths unit

Introduction: To guide students through a statistical investigation in the context of stopping distances.

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Problem:

  • understanding and defining the problem
  • how do we go about answering this question?

Plan:

  • what to measure and how?
  • study design?
  • recording?
  • collecting?

Data:

  • collection
  • management
  • cleaning

Analysis:

  • sort data
  • construct table, graphs
  • look for patterns
  • hypothesis generation

Conclusion:

  • interpretation
  • conclusions
  • new ideas
  • communication

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Published on: 11 Oct 2012


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