Name: Worksheet
Explain how to use the mean to make comparisons
between two sets of data
Task A: Comparing data
1) Calculate the mean average difference in the goals scored and
goals against for the Oak football team.
Oak football team results
In the seventh
Number of goals
match it is +3
They lost the first
match so the
difference is −1
Match number
2) Calculate the mean average difference in the goals scored and
goals against for the Oak netball team.
Oak netball team results
Look at the
matches they
Number of goals
lost.
Which matches
have a negative
score difference?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Match number
3) Look at the two mean averages. Which team do you think is the
best?
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Explain how to use the mean to make comparisons between two sets of data Worksheet
Task B: Finding the missing values in the set of data
Add the data for the missing matches for the netball team.
Find different ways to complete the data so that the netball team
has:
1) A mean average number of goals per match that is between 4
and 5
2) A mean average number of goals per match that is less than 3
3) A mean average goal difference that is greater than 1
4) A mean average goal difference that is less than 1
Oak netball team results
Number of goals
Match number
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