Statistical Investigation - Taking Action

Recently some of us carried out a statistical investigation with Mrs Harris. We went through the process of formulating questions, collecting data using a tally chart, presenting data on a bar graph and making some statements about our results. Here are some of our graphs:



Livy's question was “What emotion do you use most?” The results caught Mrs Harris' attention so we analysed the data as a class and we came up with these statements:

- Most children in our maths group feel happy, most of the time
- No one in our maths group feels scared most of the time
- Some people in our maths group feel sad, angry or lonely most of the time

This concerned us so we decided to take some action.
In small groups we created a brain storm of "Cheer Up Ideas".  After the brain storm we had a meaningful discussion about how treating others can have a huge impact on their day. Many of us talked about our school value caring and how we can use this value to support and encourage one another.

Our statistical investigations allowed us to learn a lot about the class including favourite fruits, movies and subjects at school.