Idea 20of 22Builds onAsk questions at three levels
A conclusion the data supports
How do you know a conclusion doesn't go too far?
Today you'll discover
- what “most” really means
- how to check a sentence against the numbers
- a conclusion that fits
Think firstRavi: “Most students in Room 12 chose soccer.”
Does Room 12's data support Ravi's sentence?
Decide first, then press Next. Check every word of a conclusion against the numbers.
Room 12's recess bar graph, Soccer 12, Tag 8, Skipping 5, Reading 3. A dashed line across at 14 is labelled half of 28 = 14, and the Soccer bar stops below it. Then a bracket between Soccer and Tag reads 4 more. The last step shows the garden seedlings, 47, 44 and 42, with the scale from 0.
See the whole ideathe big idea and the key word, in one place
The big idea
A conclusion should say only what the numbers show, and no more.
Easy to get wrongWatch words like most, all, far and never. “Most” means more than half, not just the biggest.
Fits the data“Soccer was Room 12's favourite, with 12 of 28 votes.” It names the numbers and stays inside the data.
Key word
- conclusion
- a sentence that says what the data shows
Ready to use it?
- Check a conclusion against a graph.
- Write a conclusion the data supports.