Lloyd

Here are my reflections;

I liked your small text box identifying the survey you were looking at, but it is important on statistical investigations that you ask questions, and phrase your investigations as a full question with a question mark (so you can answer it using the data and analysis you come up with. I'm also not sure you can fully identify a trend or pattern using only 6 students, when you have 17,000 students on the census to choose from. Think also about the validity of the data you have used- WHO rated the students 1-10 for Maths ability? Was it a test that the students ALL sat? If not, then you could be using the opinions of the students (which is typically not very good judgement)! You did use a selection of graphs to show your data, which was visually clear. My suggestion would be to look at your question- "...more likely to use a PC..." and compare this with the data- "...Used PC recently..." because I don't think this would indicate how likely someone would be to use a computer or not? TIP- Come up with a very clear question to guide your choice of data, and to help you make a clear conclusion.
 * //To use data and statistics/ To use mathematical inquiry// ||
 * Stage 1; Identify the problem and form a question || Clear question BUT where did your ideas and thinking come from? How would answering this question help us to make a difference? Try to explain (next to your question) why this is worth investigating. ||
 * Stage 2; Plan and hypothesise || Interesting thoughts, based on your experiences of NZ- this should be simple to prove or disprove! Great sample size, from a range of locations will provide you with the data you need. ||
 * Stage 3; Data collection || Well searched and presented results. ||
 * Stage 4; Analysis of data || Your table allows clear analysis of the information you found. It shows the categories of information you selected from the census. However, you did not do any other analysis like finding the national (of the whole set) average for the different dreams/ desires- this would have helped you do a comparison for each group against the national average. ||
 * Stage 5; Graphing and charting your data || VERY interesting graphs- and very suitable for your information. Well done for challenging yourself to try something new! The scales are accurate, and this allows for easy comparison of results between the locations. These graphs also allow you to see if there are more than one popular choice (like you had said in your question- if a region had 2 desires they'd like for when they grew up). ||
 * Stage 6; Interrogating your graphed data || Your interrogations attempt to explain some of the reasons for the choices and their popularity- make sure if you are commenting on how 'rich' an area is, you'll need to do some data collection about the wages or some other way of measuring how rich some areas are! ||
 * Stage 7; Conclusion, answer and 'So What' || Good way of rating your success using a percentage. You attempted to go into some depth in your explanation, and you related your conclusion clearly back to your original hypothesis. ||

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