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14. Statistics

Designing an effective survey

Pupils use statistics to analyse feedback from people testing a new app.

Scenario

Pupils are creating a new app and are analysing feedback received from their peers. Pupils need to critically evaluate the sampling methodology and the quality of survey questions before critiquing conclusions drawn from the data.

Curriculum references

National Curriculum 5 Apply statistics to describe a population.
OCR 12.01a Define the population in a study, and understand the difference between population and sample. Infer properties of populations or distributions from a sample. Understand what is meant by simple random sampling, and bias in sampling.
AQA S5 Apply statistics to describe a population.
Edexcel S5 Apply statistics to describe a population.
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