Statistical Investigation

Content Descriptors - 

• compare data distributions for continuous numerical variables using quartiles and interquartile range and appropriate data displays including boxplots, histograms and dot plots; discuss the shapes of these distributions in terms of centre, spread, shape and outliers in the context of the data (VC2M10ST01).
• compare data distributions for continuous numerical variables using appropriate data displays including boxplots; discuss the shapes of these distributions in terms of centre, spread, shape and outliers in the context of the data (AC9M10ST02).
• plan and conduct statistical investigations of situations that involve bivariate data; evaluate and report findings with consideration of limitations of any inferences (AC9M10ST05). 
• plan and conduct statistical investigations of situations that involve bivariate data, including where the independent variable is time; evaluate and report findings with consideration of limitations of any inferences (VC2M10ST05).