Criteria D summative
preparation – practice task
In your group (2-3 people) you will work on this task for 1 lesson as a
practice for the summative task that you will start next lesson.
You will have 2 lessons for the summative task, which must be
submitted to Toddle by the end of the second lesson.
Next week, you will be presenting your summative findings. Each person
in your group should take part in the presentation and should be able to
answer questions about anything in your presentation.
• Below are the midday temperatures for Ringwood (UK) over the past 11 days (in oC).
• 20, 22, 16, 17, 16, 18, 20, 18, 16, 21, 18
• Below are the midday temperatures for Glasgow (UK) over the past 11 days (in oC).
• 17, 20, 20, 17, 16, 14, 13, 19, 21, 17, 18
In class on laptop, groups of 3
1. Create a table for each set of data. Make sure to include a title and headings
2. Find the mean, mode, median and range as well as any outliers.
3. Make a five-figure summary and box plot for each book (put your boxplots on the same number line.) (you can do this by
hand or using technology)
4. Compare the two sets of data and discuss your findings.
5. What do you notice about the difference between the temperatures in general. (Use examples, be specific then
generalize) Does your answer make sense in this context? Why?
6. How accurate do you think your conclusion is? What do you think could affect the accuracy of your findings?