[Informatics] Hypothesis

[Garth, Lucas A]

Completely agree Frank – VicRoads information is great. Overlaying this data with heatmaps and also weather information can give information about how many of these accidents occurred in the wet.

My students can find great information: it’s taking that information and actually analysing it successfully that’s the other key skill and I’m afraid most of my students weren’t able to do this to a brilliant level this year.  I’ll try to teach more explicitly some of the skills of analytics in 2018.

FWIW – as per one of my student’s topics this year: on wet days in the northern suburbs of Melbourne for the last few years there was a lower ratio of accidents than in dry conditions.  This therefore indicates that drivers take it more carefully in dangerous conditions.

This task is an interesting one for a teacher because you need to become an expert in every area that the students study in order to know if they have done their analysis correctly.

Lucas

From: informatics [mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Russo, Frank R
Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2017 3:05 PM
To: Year 12 VCE Informatics Teachers' Mailing List <informatics at edulists.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Informatics] Hypothesis

Hi Sylvia

Having just been to RYDA with our year 10’s a few week ago I was really amazed at the statistics from VicRoads.
In Victoria Learner Drivers are the safest but 18 to 25 year olds account for around 65% of people killed and injured on our roads and this decrease over time with age.
For the rest of Australia the driving age starts at 17 it would be an interesting Hypothesis the difference of getting your licence at 17 compared to 18 and the difference in numbers?
But if they were looking into Victoria then I would agree with Tony say 18-20, or 18-25 it would be interesting to see what statistics are available from Vicroads and RYDA which operates in Australia and New Zealand.

At a quick glance VicRoads and RYDA both have some awesome statistics available:
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/safety-statistics/crash-statistics
http://www.rse.org.au

Hope this helps

Frank Russo
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From: informatics [mailto:informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Sylvia Pastore
Sent: Tuesday, 19 December 2017 2:07 PM
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Subject: [Informatics] Hypothesis

Hi all
Can I ask for feedback of this hypothesis that a student has written. I’ve asked him to fix it up but then I think I’m harsh. Thanks

'Those at the age of 18 or under are more likely to result in car crashes, because they don't have much driving experience driving and the decisions they make are still jejune.'
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