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Interpreting Pie Charts

 

Students learn how to interpret pie charts using proportions.

Later, as learning progresses, they consider the benefits and limitations of using pie charts to compare multiple distributions.

Differentiated Learning Objectives
  • All students should be able to recognise the limitations of representing data using pie charts.
  • Most students should be able to calculate frequencies from a pie chart when given the sample size.
  • Some students should be able to compare data distributions by comparing frequencies found in pie charts.
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Statistical Diagrams

Representing Data

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