Once that’s done you’ll be able to experience the CensusAtSchool website perfectly.
The Central Statistics Office online Data Visualisation Tool enables students to find out how many people they share their birthday with.
Maths teacher, James Carroll, created some lesson activities as follows to accompany the CSO’s Data Visualisation Tool;
A simple explanation sheet with tasks using CensusAtSchool data.
Using data working out averages and probabilities from a frequency graph. Contrasting mathematical and statistical thinking. (Answers are on page 2).
Does probability relate to reality? Real data is contrasted with the theoretical probabilities of the family makeup using the assumption that the probability of having a boy is 0.5.
Investigating gender stereotypes using CensusAtSchool data. Includes Venn diagrams and probability questions.
This task uses the context of the National Lottery to look at simple theoretical probability, whilst starting to consider the differences with experimental data.