ACARA AC9M5ST02, Critique data in the media
Year 5 · Statistics
Identify statistical arguments in traditional and digital media and discuss and critique their methods, displays and conclusions.
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Teaching guide
Identify statistical arguments in traditional and digital media and discuss and critique their methods, displays and conclusions.
Find a real graph or claim in the media and question its source, its scale, and what it leaves out.
Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.
Trusting a graph because it looks official, a truncated axis can exaggerate small differences.
Critique Data in the Media worksheets
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