This standard is derived from Achievement Objective S6.2, Evaluate statistical reports in the media by relating the displays, statistics, processes and probabilities to the claims made and S6.3, Investigate situations that involve elements of chance
- Calculating probabilities in discrete situations.
Achievement standard and Guides
- Achievement Standard (AS91037)
- Assessment Specifications (AS91037) 2016
- Sample External assessments (AS91037)
- Senior Secondary Guide AO S6-2
- Senior Secondary Guide AO S6-3
- Glossary of Statistics terms
Resources for teaching and learning
Key Resources
- Statistical literacy critical questions
- Visualizing variation with Tinkerplots
- Probability NCEA Level 1: Using TinkerPlots to aid the understanding of uncertainty
Teacher Preparation
- STEW, STatistics Education Web
- Response to the 2014 NZQA external assessments
- Statistics NCEA external assessments 2013: feedback from NZSA Education Committee
- Caught in the path of the data deluge
- Education and Training Census 2013 infographic
- Statistical literacy critical questions
- Using critical questions to evaluate an article
- Changing Teaching Statistics: Real Data, Real learning
Classroom Activities
- Data card sampling from a population Yr 9-12
- Sampling variation just keeps turning up everywhere!
- Developing Quality in Mathematics Education (DQME)
- Sunspots and Weather Correlations
- Using critical questions to evaluate an article
- Figure this
- Snapshots of New Zealand - Ki te ao mārama
- 2013 Census Spotlight on greater Christchurch
- Stick Figure Data Cards
- Canterbury Mathematics Association 2014 Statistics Teachers Day
