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This is one of a collection of teaching activities on Statistics Canada's Web site. Using the 'Canadians' reading habits' table, students answer a series of questions on the components of a table before describing the relationship between rows and columns. The class produces a tally chart of their reading behaviours and calculates the percentages. Students apply the results to one of four scenarios.
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AUTHOR(S): Statistics Canada
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In this activity, students will practice using E-STAT graphing tools to make tables, bar charts, stacked bar charts, scatter graphs, and histograms, using census data. Students will analyze the data represented in their graphs and draw conclusions about the data based on their analysis. In addition, they will learn and apply the concept of measures of central tendency and the notion of outliers and their effect on central tendency.
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AUTHOR(S): Hana Svandova, Eunsup Kang, and Mohamed Khandwalla, Ontario Institute fo...
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This teacher has used information from cars in the school parking lot as an easily accessible resource from which to collect and process data.
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AUTHOR(S): Suzie Ashton
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A summary of a case study conducted in a grade nine classroom. Included is one problem and the responses by four students.
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AUTHOR(S): Erv Henderson
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This is one of a collection of teaching activities on Statistics Canada's Web site.. Students learn the quantity and value of Canadian fisheries by answering questions using data analysis to determine different trends in Atlantic and Pacific fisheries. This activity improves students' critical thinking, navigation and data analysis skills.
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AUTHOR(S): Statistics Canada
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Census at School is an international online project that engages students in statistical enquiry. Students anonymously fill in an online survey in class. Teachers can access the results of their own class' survey in the form of a spreadsheet to use in teaching. Census at School allows students to be involved in the collection and analysis of data.
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AUTHOR(S): Statistics Canada
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Choose a few survey questions, find the mode of their results and then write a description of the typical or "modal" student in your class!
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AUTHOR(S): CensusAtSchool - UK
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Consider the effect of bias on survey results. This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): Florence Glanfield and Janelle Tang for Statistics Canada
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Construct circle and bar graphs and compare them. Which type is better to use? This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): Anna Spanik for Statistics Canada
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Investigate differences between mean median and mode. This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): Florence Glanfield and Janelle Tang for Statistics Canada
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Predict your adult height using today’s height. This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): CensusAtSchool – U.K
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Compare your class data to a sample of Canadian results and draw some conclusions. This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): Florence Glanfield and Janelle Tang for Statistics Canada
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Have fun discovering your age in different units of time: minutes, days, months…This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): CensusAtSchool – U.K.
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Consider what information you can or cannot conclude from a survey. This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): Florence Glanfield and Janelle Tang for Statistics Canada
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Verify the famous theory illustrated by Leonardo Da Vinci—that arm span is equal to height—for a sample of students from your class. This is one of a series of lessons using Census at School data.
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AUTHOR(S): Census at School - New Zealand
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