Mathematics Standard 11–12 – Year 11 · Data analysis · Clusters and outliers · Topic: Data & statistics · Year 11

Explain the impact of outliers on the measures of centre and spread

Dot point ID standard-year-11-data-analysis/dp-bcc126ac · See it on the NSW Curriculum website ↗

Outcomes for this focus area (MST-11-08)

MST-11-08 displays and analyses datasets using summary statistics and graphical representations

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Maths Is Fun: Outliers
Maths Is Fun · Interactive (browser) · Free · Link checked 2026-10-15 · No prep
Use it for: Shows how an outlier changes mean and median.
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Mathematics Standard (2024) Year 11 Unit 1 – getting healthy (9 lessons)
NSW Department of Education · Sample unit (DOCX) · Editable document · Free · Link checked 2026-10-15 · Australian context, Editable, Teacher notes
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NSW Department of Education · Sample unit (DOCX) · Editable document · Free · Link checked 2026-10-15 · Australian context, Editable, Teacher notes
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