Alex

Here are my reflections; Interesting issue to investigate, but always aim to have a question as your title to keep your surveys focused and to make your conclusions/ answers clear. E.g. Does your dominant hand influence your (perceived) maths ability? I'm not sure what your sample size is or what groups of students you used- male/ female, younger/ older- you MUST make these things clear in your explanations, OR they may influence the outcome of your results. I also don't agree that you grouped left and ambi people together- why not group right and ambi? Who made the decision- ambidextrous people belong to BOTH groups therefore they are separate and unique! You haven't added a conclusion to your survey, so I'm not sure if you found out what you set out to achieve or not- you haven't concluded, and your data is ambiguous because I don't know sample size, and your groupings are inaccurate. On your graph, I would also like to know what the 'groups' 1,2,3,4,5 are representing on the x-axis.


 * //To use data and statistics/ To use mathematical inquiry// ||
 * Stage 1; Identify the problem and form a question || Clear question to investigate will keep your investigation focused- where did your idea come from? Is it a problem you have identified from being at school? ||
 * Stage 2; Plan and hypothesise || Interesting hypothesis- some people would disagree with this idea- others would say that boys have a greater confidence in their sporting ability- not sure if this could be classed as passion! ||
 * Stage 3; Data collection || Your survey was looking for the correct data to answer your question- the only problem is that, from a survey of thousands of students, you only chose 12 students- you could have looked at BBI students and compared us with other groups of students in year 8 around NZ. ||
 * Stage 4; Analysis of data || Listed in a simple fashion- no further analysis that could have been useful like averages of mean, median etc. ||
 * Stage 5; Graphing and charting your data || Interesting graph showed the range in perceived confidence very clearly and linked back to your question. It is always good to use 2 graphs- a box and whisker of the data would have been very suitable for this task. ||
 * Stage 6; Interrogating your graphed data || Good relationship made between your data and the question- remember, this survey was only 12 people, so it is very unlikely that your results would represent a very large sample. ||
 * Stage 7; Conclusion, answer and 'So What' || Your hypothesis was clear, so this made your conclusion simple to write. As it says above, you need bigger samples to truly trust your data. ||

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