Explore the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through sampling using a variety of investigative processes (VCMSP298)

Explore the variation of means and proportions of random samples drawn from the same population (VCMSP299)

LO: To use a sampling technique to collect data.

Know:

• What is a sample surveying technique.

• How to collect data through observation or surveys.

• How to calculate the mean of a data set.

Understand:

• That sampling data may not paint an entirely accurate picture of the complete data set and that data collected from a sample may change depending on the time of survey and people surveyed.

Do:

• I can collect data using a sampling technique and calculate the mean from the data set.

Elaborations

• investigating the uses of random sampling to collect data

• using sample properties to predict characteristics of the population