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IntroductionIntroductionPosing QuestionsPosing Questions

Stage 6 - Year 11Stage 6 - Year 11

Applied Mathematic(Preliminary General 1)

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It has applications in

ProductionFinance

Health Your Future

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Statistics has been described as the science of making conclusions in the presence of

uncertainty.

Despite the affinity of statistics with real situations, it has a strong mathematical

foundation.

In this course we will study the processes in statistics so that you will be able to make

intelligent decisions when you enter the workforce.

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1.1.Posing QuestionsPosing Questions

2.2.Collecting DataCollecting Data

3.3.Organizing DataOrganizing Data

4.4.Summarizing and Displaying DataSummarizing and Displaying Data

5.5.Analyzing Data and Drawing ConclusionsAnalyzing Data and Drawing Conclusions

6.6.Writing a ReportWriting a Report

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1.1.Posing QuestionsPosing Questions

a) Brainstorm your questions with colleagues.

b) Predict answer to your questions.

What questions?

a) Multiple Choice

b) Open ended questions

Types of questions?

must cover all possibilities.

are hard to collate.

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How old are you?

Open ended question

Very hard to analyze.

Multiple choice question

How old are you?

1 to 10 11 to 20 21 to 30

31 to 40 41 to 50 51 to 60

Doesn’t cover all possibilities.

Over 60 Now it does.