James

Here are my reflections; Your question is very clear, and should have provided you with a clear direction for your investigation and conclusion (answer). I think it could be rephrased a little, because I'm not certain that having Bebo/ Myspace accounts etc indicates access- I'd answer NO to quite a few, but have access to a computer 24 hours a day. Your sample is very small (and at the moment unknown) because your graph indicates at least 10 people in your survey- 6 male and 4 female at least, but no MAX size. If this is close to your sample, this is far too small. You should also have data displayed in other forms like a table AND a second graph- the problem is that your data type is limited to a small selection. You should seek to challenge yourself and investigate if these results would be reproduced in a school in Southland or Otago or a remoter spot of NZ. You also need a clear conclusion to your question, using the data and graphs you created.


 * //To use data and statistics/ To use mathematical inquiry// ||
 * Stage 1; Identify the problem and form a question || Clear question- I was wondering why you decided to investigate this- why is it worth finding out? Try to explain your reasons when you form your question. ||
 * Stage 2; Plan and hypothesise || Good hypothesis connected to your experiences in real life. Good (ambitious) number for your sample- 500 may be a bit many to handle because you'll have to connect the sleep times AND the children's use of computers in order to try and identify a pattern/ trend between the 2. ||
 * Stage 3; Data collection || Well collected and tabulated- you made a good connection in your data and it was clear and simple to look through and analyse. ||
 * Stage 4; Analysis of data || You did some averaging- this is good, but you could have looked at other measures of average like median, mode and range measures because it seemed like you had some 'rogue' measures in some of your data- it seems rather odd that someone would sleep for 19hrs 30 mins in a few cases- you can eliminate some of the measures if you need to (remember how the Australasian tests omitted the top and bottom 10%?) ||
 * Stage 5; Graphing and charting your data || Clear graphs- you showed lots of information on each graph- well labelled and constructed. ||
 * Stage 6; Interrogating your graphed data || Well interrogated- you were honest about your hypothesis and how it was not fully accurate (but I still believe some of your data was skewed by rather 'strange' results! ||
 * Stage 7; Conclusion, answer and 'So What' || Although you compared the results to the hypothesis, you haven't really attempted to explain what you can learn from the data- what the 'So What' is in terms of your understanding or even in your own personal use of ICT in relation to your bedtime! ||

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