91581 (3.9) Investigate bivariate measurement data
Credits: 4 creditsInternal
MathsNZ Resources:
- The main resource I am using now is on MathsNZ Students and steps students through all of bivariate data with a
series of lessons with linked questions.
MathsNZ Students Link - There is the booklet that I used to print that formed the basis of the online resource above (in both PDF and Word format).
Booklet PDF Version Word Version Extra Appendix PDF Version Word Version - An annotated example which is all the sections of the booklet put together. This isn't included in the booklet as I think
it is a good teaching activity to pull this together as a class.
Annotated Example PDF Version Word Version - Gwenda Hill has also put together some answers for the TARSOG section of the reports.
Answers Word Version - Jon Fahlander and Rhys Jones presented on World Value Survey "light" data at the 2018 Stats Teachers' day in Auckland.
Their website includes country averages of the over 200 variables from the latest WVS (covering topics like happiness, religiosity, racism - ok with a neighbour of a different race, patriotism - willingness to fight for one's country, as well as GDP per capita).
The data is best suited for the bivariate NCEA standards and the idea is to make it easy for students to come up with their own unique research questions.
They have also included individual level data for each country, which might work for comparative box plots of, say, the distribution of happiness in NZ and Australia. An issue with that, however, is that the scales aren't continuous, but at best an ordinal scale from 1 to 10. So it might not suit the multivariate standards.
If you end up using any of this data, they would be really keen to hear how it went. They would also like to publish student work on the website.
Website with Data Link - And an exemplar from a student from past years (as a guide only - it is not perfect).
Paint PDF Version - And if you are still using iNZight the instructions I put together for it are avaiable here.
iNZight Instructions PDF Version - Liz Sneddon has also made a great website which can be found here.
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