Statistical Accounts Numeracy
LI: To display data in a clear way using a suitable scale.
In this lesson, you will be selecting information from the statistical
account, organising it and then presenting it in a clear and appropriate
way.
You will mainly be looking at statistics that relate to population and
levels of livestock.
What do the words population and livestock mean?
Why do you think it is important that we learn about these?
L.I.: To display data in a clear way using a suitable scale.
Year
Houses
Families
Males
Females
1801
178
260
558
558
1811
219
292
696
728
1821
227
384
932
995
1831
242
424
1177
1195
Total
Population
Copy this table down into your books. You will need to add the number of females to
the number of males to complete the final column.
You have 10 minutes to do this.
LI: To display data in a clear way using a suitable scale.
What ways do you think we could display this data?
Try to think about the method that would best help you to
understand it.
Talk to a partner for 2 minutes and be ready to explain why you
have chosen the method you state.
LI: To display data in a clear way using a suitable scale.
Drawing a Line Graph
You are going to draw a line graph to show the results on your table. The
reason that you will be using a line graph is that it helps us to see any
trends in the data.
What is a trend and why are they important?
With a line graph we can also show all of our results for families, homes,
males and females on the same graph. This will allow us to see the
relationship between different pieces of data.
Remember to label your x and y axis. You will also need four sharp
coloured pencil. One for each set of data you are plotting. You will need
a key to show which colour goes with which data. Your years should be
along your x axis. These must be written on the line and not in the space
between them. Your scale for your y axis should go up in equal
quantities.
LI: To display data in a clear way using a suitable scale.
Number
Graph to show the number of males,
females, families and houses in
Eaglesham between 1801 and 1831
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
Females
Males
Families
Houses
1801
1811
1821
Year
1831
On your desk is a list of the different farms in Eaglesham in
1845 and the number of horses and cows each farm kept.
Choose five of the farms and display the information on a bar
graph.
You can put the number of horses and cows side by side on the
graph.
Remember to leave a space between your first bar and the y axis
LI: To display data in a clear way using a suitable scale.
An example of how your bar graph should look.
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30
25
20
15
10
5
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Number of Livestock
Graph to show the number of horses and
cows kept by farms in Eaglesham in 1845
Farm
LI: To display data in a clear way using a suitable scale.