Data – Data Literacy (Gr7)
Skills:
- Collection & Organization – explain why percentages are used to represent the distribution of a variable for a population or sample in large sets of data, and provide examples (0:36)
- Collect qualitative data to answer questions of interest I (2:22)
- Collect qualitative data to answer questions of interest II (9:20)
- Organize qualitative data to answer question of interest (7:06)
- Collect discrete and continuous quantitative data to answer questions of interest, and organize the sets of data as appropriate, including using percentage (14:52)
- Visualization – select from among a variety of graphs, including circle graphs, the type of graph best suited to represent various sets of data; display the data in the graphs with proper sources, titles, and labels, and appropriate scales; and justify their choice of graphs (5:46)
- Visualization – create an infographic about a data set, representing the data in appropriate ways, including in tables and circle graphs, and incorporating any other relevant information that helps to tell a story about the data (8:55)
- Analysis – determine the impact of adding or removing data from a data set on a measure of central tendency, and describe how these changes alter the shape and distribution of the data (4:50)
- Analysis – analyse different sets of data presented in various ways, including in circle graphs and in misleading graphs, by asking and answering questions about the data, challenging preconceived notions, and drawing conclusions, then make convincing arguments and informed decisions (7:24)