Theory Card: Presenting and Interpreting Statistical Data

Otaniemi Upper Secondary School – Sustainable Future Project

Course code, full name, and status (C/EC/OP)

MAB5 Statistics and Probability – C

Topic

Presenting and interpreting statistical data

Duration

Several lessons

Objectives (directly from the National Core Curriculum):

The objective of the module is that the student

  • “becomes skilled at handling, visualising, and interpreting statistical data”
  • “is able to use software to retrieve, process, and explore digitally available data, as well as calculate key statistics from observed datasets”

Content (directly from the National Core Curriculum):

  • Visualisation of statistical data and calculation of key statistics
  • Concepts of regression and correlation
  • Making predictions

More detailed description of content if necessary

Mathematics provides tools for presenting and analysing scientific data when other sciences provide the content. Mathematics modules themselves do not include the specific subject matter of this project.

Key concepts

Statistical graphs, key statistics, regression, correlation

Connections within the subject

Connections to other subjects

Possible model pathways related to the content

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