Class: Year 10 Subject: Math Practical Project: Statistical Data Total Marks: 60
Class: Year 10 Subject: Math Practical Project: Statistical Data Total Marks: 60
Task 1:
Climate - the average, long-term behaviour of the atmosphere - can be described in terms of a wide variety of elements. Some of these are very familiar (such as temperature, rain, wind), while others may be less so (radiation, evaporation). This task examines how to visualize climate and try to understand its patterns and variations. This involves an understanding of climate processes and the analysis of climatic records. Use the link below to search the climatic records of Geelong, and use spreadsheet (Excel) to answer the following questions. Bureau of Meteorology - Search 1) Search for the rainfall records of Geelong West area using any nearest bureau stations and select month-wise records. Plot a Line Graph and draw markers of each point for this data where x represents the month and y represents the amount of rainfall. [10 marks] 2) Search for the daily temperature records of Geelong area, using any nearest bureau, for last month. Plot a column graph where x represents the date and y represents the temperature of that day. [10 marks]
Task 2
[20 marks]
The table below shows the number of medals won by the top ten countries in the London 2012 Olympic Games.
London 2012 Olympic Games Medal Table Rank by Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold 46 29 29 1 United States 38 27 23 2 China 29 17 19 3 Great Britain 24 26 32 4 Russia 13 8 7 5 South Korea 11 19 14 6 Germany 11 11 12 7 France 8 9 11 8 Italy 8 4 5 9 Hungary 7 16 12 10 Australia Source: http://www.london2012.com/medals/medal-count/ Total 104 88 65 82 28 44 34 28 17 35
Answer the following question using spreadsheet (Excel) 1) 2) 3) 4) How many countries listed above has won gold medal greater than 20? Find the median of total medals won by all countries. State the mode of bronze medals won by all countries. Calculate the mean of silver medals won by top 5 countries. [5 marks] [5 marks] [5 marks] [5 marks]
[20 marks]