Max's Statistical Investigation

As part of the statistics unit for this term, all students had to create an investigation based on the 'Data Detective' format which had been discussed and displayed in the classroom nearly all the term.

The theme of the investigation was 'Bullying at HNI'.

All students were sent a survey form to carry out to explain if they knew what bullying was, if they had seen bullying, what they did, as well as bullying related to social media.

Everyone received data from a sample of 50 students across the school.  From that, they were able to use spreadsheets to create their tally charts and frequency tables, then create their graphs.

The analysis of the data in the graphs and the interpretation of the analysed data was then formulated.

From this, the students came to their conclusions about bullying at HNI.

They then considered what they had discovered and how it related to their hypothesis which was formed very early on in the statistical investigation process.

The next step involved thinking about the outcomes and how they impacted on the school and the students. They needed to consider what would be their next steps related to bullying.

As this is a topic that is often discussed at HNI as it is of major concern, it was very important that the students come up with solutions for the problem of bullying.

Above is Max's investigation.