Cleaning data
In this activity students are given some background information about cleaning data and why it is important. They then undertake to clean data they are given themselves.
Helpful links:
From CensusAtSchool UK
http://www.censusatschool.org.uk/resources/data-handling/118-cleaning-up-your-data
Resources:
- Student worksheet
- Teacher instructions
- PowerPoint
- Cleaning data excel file
- 2009 Questions
- Cleaning data fathom file
- Cleaning data teacher fathom file
Achievement Objectives
- Level 5
- S5-1Plan and conduct surveys and experiments using the statistical enquiry cycle
- C gathering and cleaning data
- S5-1Plan and conduct surveys and experiments using the statistical enquiry cycle
- Keywords: Bias, Cleaning data, Comparisons, Distributions, Outlier, Sampling, Sampling variability, Statistical Investigation Process
- (Last updated: 11/12/12. Added: 23/09/10)
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