Use statistical methods to make an inference
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This standard asks you to use statistics to answer a research question by following the full statistical enquiry cycle. You'll work with data samples, create displays, calculate measures, discuss what the data tells you, and write a conclusion about the population you're studying. It's about the whole process—not just calculations, but thinking through why you're doing each step and what it means.
You use all parts of the statistical enquiry cycle to answer your question, showing you've calculated measures, made displays, and drawn a conclusion about the population.
You connect each step of your statistical process to the context and the population, backing up your statements with specific data values, statistics, or features visible in your graphs.
You integrate statistical knowledge with contextual understanding throughout your investigation, reflect on how the process worked, and consider alternative explanations or limitations in what the data tells you.
Standards typically taken alongside or after this one. Same subject, grouped by level.