Sir Francis Galton, (1822 –1911), was an English polymath. He produced over 340 papers and books. Galton was the first to apply statistical methods to the study of human differences and inheritance of intelligence, and introduced the use of questionnaires and surveys for collecting data..
POPULATIONS AND SAMPLES
What is the average number of children in a family?
Key questions
How can we take a sample from a population?
What is an average?
Can we calculate the three averages from a sample?
What is variability and how can it be measured?
Can we problem solve with summary statistics?
3 lessons
Specification detail
Literacy
stories that set a frame or background
stories that accompany or intertwine
stories that introduce
stories that explain
stories that ask a question
stories that entertain
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Galton
Develop...
median, quartiles and box plots - 3, 4, 5
siblings - 3,5
what happens if - 3
ordering the averages - 2,3
averages small data sets - 3,4
averages change - 3,6
Extend...
sampling trees - 1
fund raising - 5
averages and the range - 3,4
averages puzzles - 3,6
wiped out - 3