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Skill 4.4 Processing Large Data Sets

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity requires students to examine a complex table of data and generate statements relating to the evidence it contains.

The activity will help students to:
* extract information from numerical data
* identify any patterns and trends
* link conclusions with evidence from the data
* summarise knowledge acquired from data arranged in a table
* suggest how data can be processed to make it easier to extract information.

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