Real world statistics



Subject(s): Maths

Resources included: Educator notes, Presentation slides, Student sheets

Time: 60 minutes

Target age range: 11-14.

How can data and statistics help make society healthier? Demonstrate the important role of large data sets in making decisions about healthcare as students analyse data in smoking and lung cancer mortality. Students will then consider the skills and career path of a medical statistician and do some of their own research to create a CV for someone in the field.

Download resources: Educator notes, Presentation slides, Student sheets

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