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Succeed with maths: part 2
Succeed with maths: part 2

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Week 7: Working with data

Introduction

More and more in every aspect of our lives, data – information, numbers, words or images – are collected, recorded, analysed, interpreted and used. For example, every time you go shopping, if you use a loyalty card, the store will be collecting details of what you purchased to help them to provide you with a better service and keep your custom. Information is also encountered in the form of statistics: everything from graphs of the latest house sales figures to census results, the current rate of inflation or the unemployment rate.

This week you'll consider how to summarise a set of data using averages to provide a typical value for that data. You’ll also think about the importance of full information about the average that has been used and how to read and construct tables of data.

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After this week’s study you should be able to:

  • calculate the average for a set of data using the mean, median and mode
  • calculate the range of a set of data
  • understand that different averages may give different results for the same set of data
  • read and construct tables.