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ACARA AC9M5ST02, Critique data in the media

Year 5 · Statistics

Identify statistical arguments in traditional and digital media and discuss and critique their methods, displays and conclusions.

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Teaching guide

What students learn

Identify statistical arguments in traditional and digital media and discuss and critique their methods, displays and conclusions.

How to teach it

Find a real graph or claim in the media and question its source, its scale, and what it leaves out.

Worked example
An ad says: "9 out of 10 dogs prefer Chompo dog food." What should you ask before you believe it?
Answer: How many dogs were tested, and who ran the test? The company selling the food may have chosen the result.

Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.

Watch out for

Trusting a graph because it looks official, a truncated axis can exaggerate small differences.

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