Math Games

Grade 7 - Data Management and Probability

Standard 7.DMP.1 - Practice identifying random samples.

Included Skills:

Collection and Organization of Data
• collect data by conducting a survey or an experiment to do with themselves, their environment, issues in their school or community, or content from another subject and record observations or measurements;
• collect and organize categorical, discrete, or continuous primary data and secondary data (e.g., electronic data from websites such as E-Stat or Census At Schools) and display the data in charts, tables, and graphs (including relative frequency tables and circle graphs) that have appropriate titles, labels (e.g., appropriate units marked on the axes), and scales (e.g., with appropriate increments) that suit the range and distribution of the data, using a variety of tools (e.g., graph paper, spreadsheets, dynamic statistical software);
• select an appropriate type of graph to represent a set of data, graph the data using technology, and justify the choice of graph (i.e., from types of graphs already studied);
• distinguish between a census and a sample from a population;
• identify bias in data collection methods (Sample problem: How reliable are your results if you only sample girls to determine the favourite type of book read by students in your grade?).