#staistics

A recent investigation conducted by the Sunday Times found that international students were being offered places at British University with much lower grades than British students.  However, on reading the article beneath the headline we quickly discover that the international students were being recruited onto one year foundation courses while the British students were being recruited onto…

Statistics on Family Life in the United Kingdom

This post outlines some of the ‘key facts’ students should know for the A-level sociology families and households topics.

The statistics below are taken from range of different topics covered as part of the families and households specification (AQA focus), and I find it useful to introduce students to them as part of the ‘introduction to families’ lesson.

The activity I use is to give…

Can You Picture This? Stats visualised to aid understanding

One of the best ways to learn statistics (any topic) is to get creative and develop your own personal language for note taking and revision. At the moment I’m playing with lines to represent the different test choices in stats. When first learning the tests, it can be difficult to differentiate between them; symbolism helps. Here are mine~ Share yours in a Comment (email your pics ~:-)

Randomly generated numbers...

(Reuters) - An elite California college's admission this week that it tried to boost its reputation by inflating the test scores of incoming freshmen has stoked a heated debate over the outsized influence and controversial methodology of commercial "best college" lists.

Without a one-stop shop for clear, comprehensive information, some parents fall back on easy-to-grasp lists like the annual "best colleges" rankings, Hawkins said.