Task: You are required to complete a written Statistical Investigation, which will involve researching a topic and question of your choice. You will introduce the topic by providing a historical or theoretical background and your will explain how the research question will be answered. You will collect data by either primary or secondary methods or both and descriptively analyse the data by use of calculations and graphs. You will complete a written analysis of the data, which will inform your conclusion. Any sources used will be referenced and examples of raw data will be included in an Appendices section. Your tutor will provide ideas for research topics if required and support and feedback over a number of weeks. You must submit the Statistical Investigation on the VLE and via Turnitin by a set day and time. Guidance: For this assessment you should make use of the following formative activities that you have already completed. These activities have been designed to support this summative assessment: State the topic that you are investigating. ? State at least 3 research questions relating to this topic that you will be attempting to answer using statistical methods. Collect appropriate secondary or primary data to address each of your research questions and present it in tabular or other suitable form. It is suggested that you use data from the UK's Office for National Statistics ( www.ons.gov.uk). Ensure that you provide a citation for all data and include a list of reference sources at the end of your report. ? Use a suitable software package (e.g. MS Excel or SPSS) and a range of appropriate graphical techniques to display your data. Your report should include at least 3 graphs of at least 2 different types. All graphs must be produced by you and MUST NOT be copied from reference sources.

Fig: 1