Assignment 2a 1

James King 2153917, George Ragias 2128271
Assignment 2A: Statistical Investigation

EDUC3625
Teacher Notes:
1. Overview
Within the two Mathematics lessons the year 7 students will be focusing on the Australian Curriculum strand of Statistics. Students will be
required to complete both the practical and theoretical components of the lesson. The practical component of the lesson requires students to
run as many laps of a 10 metre by 20 metre rectangle track, collecting pop sticks for every successful lap they complete within the allocated 10
minutes. As for the theoretical component, students will record their individual data of laps completed input into a class “Microsoft Excel
table”, their results are represented by the amount of pop sticks they had acquired during the practical component. This will be entered into
the following headings of “Name, Laps Completed & Tally”. This data will be compared to mock data that will be used as a basis for comparison
and to answer inquiry based questions related to Mean, Median, Mode, Range and percentages. Students will also be required to
independently convert class results into a column graph and stem-and-leaf plot with teacher support.
By the conclusion of both lessons students will have a clear understanding of the Microsoft excel and stemplots program in addition to the
concepts surrounding Data, Mean, Median, Mode, Range, Percentages and Graphs integrated with the improvement of their use of ICT.
Time Required:
Two 45 minute lessons (90 minutes)

All parts will be completed during class time and will have the opportunity during spare time to catch up if required
Content Descriptors: Data representation and interpretation

 Identify and investigate issues involving numerical data collected from primary and secondary sources (ACMSP169)
Elaborations: Investigating secondary data relating to the distribution and use of non-renewable resources around the world
 Construct and compare a range of data displays including stem-and-leaf plots and dot plots (ACMSP170)
Elaborations: Understanding that some data representation are more appropriate than others for particular data sets, and answering
questions about those data sets
 Calculate mean, median, mode and range for sets of data. Interpret these statistics in the context of data (ACMSP171)
Elaborations: Understanding that summarising data by calculating measures of centre and spread can help make sense of the data
   Describe and interpret data displays using median, mean and range (ACMSP172)
Elaborations: Using mean and median to compare data sets and explaining how outliers may affect the comparison
Learning Objectives for the lesson

 Be able to collect and analyse primary and secondary data
 Effectively create a column and stem-and-leaf plot using ICT with the data provided/collected
 Compare sets of data and analyse the results
 Investigate and solve the mean, median, mode and range
Prerequisites:
 Basic Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and stemplots program
 Knowledge on how to create a stem and leaf plot
 Understand basic concepts of mean, median, mode and range
Resources:
 Computers/Laptops
 Pop sticks
 Cones
 Timer
 Oval (10x20m area)
 Microsoft Excel program and Stemplots program
 Mock Data results

 Pencils/pens, eraser, ruler
 Paper/worksheet
 Calculator
Assessment:
The two lessons will be assessed via a summative and formative assessment. Students will exchange dialogue with the teacher to verbally
confirm concepts and understanding and be provided support if required. Students will be graded by the allocated amount of marks per
question. Higher marks are received when students show their working out and ability to create the graphs using ICT.
Students will receive a mark for the investigation but will also be marked against a rubric. The set criteria allows for the teacher to see how the
students are performing against the Australian Curriculum standards. Rubric provided in appendix.
2. Lesson Plan
Lesson 1:
Introduction: (15 minutes)
Statistical Question: How can we use statistics to analyze the data of our mock class in comparison to our class?
In the 2 lessons students will be working towards answering the above inquiry question through investigative means, using statistical concepts.
Students will recall prior learning and knowledge of mean, median, mode, range and percentage and have the opportunity to revise definitions
and how to calculate. The teacher will give a simple example of these on the board as follows.
- Mean
“The mean is the average of the numbers: a calculated "central" value of a set of numbers. To calculate: Just add up all the numbers,
then divide by how many numbers there are” (Mathsisfun, 2017)
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3+7+6+8+6=30
30÷5=6
- Median
“To find the Median, place the numbers you are given in value order and find the middle number. Example: find the Median of {13, 23,
11, 16, 15, 10, 26}. Put them in order: {10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 23, 26} The middle number is 15, so the median is 15. (If there are two
middle numbers, you average them.)” (Mathsisfun, 2017)
- Mode
The number which appears most often in a set of numbers. Example: in {6, 3, 9, 6, 6, 5, 9, 3} the Mode is 6 (it occurs most often).
(Mathsisfun, 2017)
- Range
The difference between the lowest and highest values. In {4, 6, 9, 3, 7} the lowest value is 3, and the highest is 9, so the range is 9 − 3 =
6. Range can also mean all the output values of a function. See: Range of a function. The Range (Statistics) (Mathsisfun, 2017)
Students will be asked to write these in their maths book as a point of reference
Main Activity: (20 minutes)
Students will be required to go outside to a pre-prepared designated / marked out area containing the rectangle track being 10 metres by 20
metres.
Teacher will instruct the students they have 10 minutes to complete as many laps as they can while collecting a pop stick at each
successful lap.
Conclusion:
. Students will insert their results to a class excel spreadsheet on the interactive whiteboard and fill in the headings of “Name and Laps run”.
Mock data results from class 7A will be shown to this class as a demonstration to what students need to create on the whiteboard.
Students will also be using this data in lesson 2 to compare with their own class data.
Lesson 2:
Introduction (10 Minutes)

Students will be refreshed on mean, median and mode and re shown their data they placed on the whiteboard and also the mock data from
class 7A.
Main activity (30 Minutes)

Students are to analyse their results and create a table on a Microsoft excel document. Step by step guideline for the students are provided
to cater to students who may be unable to use Microsoft excel or have difficulties using a computer. Once students have created their
table they need to investigate and solve the mean, median, mode and range of their class data. Once students have completed this they
will then be required to create a column graph based on this data. This will also be done on Microsoft excel, with steps by step guideline
also provided.
The last activity asks students to represent their data through a different graphical representation, being a stem-and-leaf plot. Students have
prior knowledge on creating this graph, but students who may have difficulties have the guideline to follow. They will create this graph
also on their computer with the Stemplots program.
For students who are working about the year 7 level are able to have an extended activity. This involves students creating a back to back
stem-and-leaf plot comparing their class data and the mock data from class 7A. They will then be asked to compare and analyse the
mean, median, mode and range between the two classes.
Conclusion (10 Minutes)
Students will need to answer questions as a part of the student worksheet in regards to percentages. Additionally, they will submit their
class data, stem plot, column graphs, and results of mean, median, mode and range to a class folder which will be marked and used for
assessment
Mock Data:
Class 7B’s results:

3. Answers to students activities/worksheets
1. Open Microsoft Excel
2. Create Blank Document, work in Sheet1
3. Rename Sheet1 to Class B

4. Select B1, C1 and D1 (or any 2 Columns A to P)

5. Change Column Width

6. Create a table. Select/Highlight 2 Columns (For example column B1, C1 down to row B20, C20), select Table (Insert Tab). As there are 19
students in the class we must select 19 rows for the number of students and 1 row for our table headings.
7. Save work in Class Folder- Year 7 Class A Data Results, Title of Document (FirstNameLastName) Y7DR
8. Change the name of Column1 to Names and Column2 to Number of laps run
9. To make sure you have exactly 19 columns number Column A2 down to row A20 from number 1 to 19.
10. Insert the names of each student in your class in the names Column of your table
11. Insert Title for Table

12. Insert number of laps run per person in the Number of laps run Column on the table from row C2 to C20
13. Now to make it easier for yourself, represent the data in ascending order (Highest to Lowest) or descending order (Lowest to Highest). Click
on the arrow drop box tab on the ‘Number of laps run’ tab of the table
14. In Column B, Row 26 and 27 Insert the length and width of the area the class ran.
15. In Column A, Row 29 to 33 insert Mean, Mode, Median and Range Headings
16. On the table, insert the row at the bottom of table called total, found in the Table Tab. Tick the Total Row.
17. Find the mean of the data. In B29 insert the following: =AVERAGE(C2:C20), then hit enter. This must be written exactly like this otherwise
the solution to the mean won’t complete itself.
18. Find the mode of the data. Insert in B30 the following: =MODE(C2:C20), then hit enter. This must be written exactly like this otherwise the
solution to the mode won’t complete itself.
19. Find the median of the data. Insert in B31 the following: =MEDIAN(C2:C20), then hit enter. This must be written exactly like this otherwise
the solution to the median won’t complete itself.
20. Now find the range (Biggest number amount of the data minus the lowest number amount of th data). In B32 insert the following: =15-8,
then hit enter. This must be written exactly like this otherwise the solution to the range won’t complete itself.
21. Now it is time to create the table. Select/Highlight Column B1 and C1 down to Row B20 and C20. Then insert Clustered Column Graph in
the Insert Tab of the Excel Document
22. Now Change the Title of the Graph to Class 7B Data Results, make the text bold and increase the size of the text to be more presentable.
23. Now we are going to add the Primary Horizontal Axis and the Primary Vertical Axis on the table found in the Chart Design Tab.
24. Change the Primary Horizontal Axis Table to Names and the Primary Vertical Axis Table to Number of laps run
25. FINAL PRODUCT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS

Class 7B Data Results Worksheet
Once you have created your graph and stem-an-leaf plot answer the following questions.
1. Did you identify any outliers in the data?
No outliers were present
2. What was the mean of the data?

15 + 15 + 14 + 14 + 13 + 13 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 11 + 11 + 10 + 10 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 8
= 220
= 220  19
= 11.579
3. How was this range calculate?

The range is calculated by taking the highest number of laps, being 15 and taking away the lowest number of runs being, 8.
15 -8 = 7
The range was 7
4. What percentage of the class got over 12 laps?

6  19 x 100
= 31.57%
Extension Activity
From the results of your back to back stem-and-leaf plot answer the following questions.
1. How does the mode differ between the two graphs?
The mode differs between the two graphs because the data was different between class 7A and 7B.
The results showed 7A’s mode was 13 and 7B’s mode was 12
2. What is the difference between each mean?
There was no difference between the mean. 7A and 7B’s median both were 11.58.
3. Why do you think this is?
This is because 7A and 7B’s results both equalled to 220 laps and they both had the same amount of students in the classes being 19,
which resulted in the mean being the same.
4. What percentage of the class got between 10 and 13 laps for class 7B?
11  19 x 100
57.89%
Student Worksheet
Class 7B Data Results
Once you have created your graph and stem-an-leaf plot answer the following questions.
1. Did you identify any outliers in the data?
2. What was the mean of the data?
3. How was this range calculate?
4. What percentage of the class got over 12 laps?

Extension Activity
From the results of your back to back stem-and-leaf plot answer the following questions.
5. How does the mode differ between the two graphs?
6. What is the difference between each mean?
7. Why do you think this is?
8. What percentage of the class got between 10 and 13 laps for class 7B?
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Assignment 2A: Statistical Investigation

Two 45 minute lessons (90 minutes)

Content Descriptors: Data representation and interpretation

Learning Objectives for the lesson

 Mock Data results

Introduction: (15 minutes)

Introduction (10 Minutes)

Main activity (30 Minutes)

Conclusion (10 Minutes)

Class 7B’s results:

3. Answers to students activities/worksheets

1. Open Microsoft Excel

2. Create Blank Document, work in Sheet1

3. Rename Sheet1 to Class B

4. Select B1, C1 and D1 (or any 2 Columns A to P)

5. Change Column Width

11. Insert Title for Table

25. FINAL PRODUCT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS

Class 7B Data Results Worksheet

1. Did you identify any outliers in the data?

No outliers were present

2. What was the mean of the data?

3. How was this range calculate?

The range was 7

4. What percentage of the class got over 12 laps?

1. How does the mode differ between the two graphs?

2. What is the difference between each mean?

3. Why do you think this is?

Class 7B Data Results

1. Did you identify any outliers in the data?

2. What was the mean of the data?

3. How was this range calculate?

4. What percentage of the class got over 12 laps?

5. How does the mode differ between the two graphs?

6. What is the difference between each mean?

7. Why do you think this is?

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