This is an activity about numbers. Learning a language is also about learning how to use numbers in everyday conversation or at work.
What can you infer from the cards in the image below?
How many female monarchs were there?
Is this the real picture? You will make the same deductions in Task 1-4 using the cards provided below in separate groups.
How can we ensure that we have consistent results?
Task 1
What is an inference?What can you infer from the cards in the image below?
Task 2
Facts that you can infer from these cars are:- The names of these Monarchs.
- The dates between which they reigned (ruled).
- Other?
Task 3
Can you see that the dates of each Monarch follow in sequence?How many female monarchs were there?
Task 4
You can infer that there are 12 male monarchs out of 12. So 100% male and 0% female or a 12 -0 ratio.Is this the real picture? You will make the same deductions in Task 1-4 using the cards provided below in separate groups.
Task 5
Compare and contrast your findings
Names, Dates and Percentage / ratio of Males and Females.
Task 6
Why are your answers different?
What is wrong with the samples presented?
Task 7
What is a Random Sample?
How do we create a random sample using the cards above?How can we ensure that we have consistent results?
Task 8
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