Data analysis

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're a geographer studying how many people live in different towns in the UK. 📊

2. 2

   Here's a table showing the population of 4 towns in 2021: Town A = 12,000; Town B = 8,000; Town C = 15,000; Town D = 10,000. 📋

3. 3

   Which town has the largest population?

4. 4

   Let's find the average (mean) population of these 4 towns. 🧮

5. 5

   Now you try! Use the bar chart to find the range — the difference between the largest and smallest population. 📏

6. 6

   What is the range of the populations? (Largest = 15,000; smallest = 8,000)

7. 7

   If a new town E had a population of 9,000, what would the new average be? (Total now = 54,000, 5 towns)