Are The Best Footballing Nations The Richest Nations?

Starter:Copy the following statements and say whether they are true or false.1. Poor countries are not as good at football

as richer countries2. Countries with large populations are better

at football than those with small populations

Are The Best Footballing Nations The Richest Nations?

Lesson Aims:

• To understand the term correlation• To understand what a scattergram shows• To identify if there is a correlation between

GDP(wealth) and success in football

Now draw a scattergraph using the information given to you.

Graph comparing GDP and success in football

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Graph comparing GDP and success in football

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This graph shows a positive correlation.

This means that there is a relationship between the 2 variables, e.g. rich countries have more football success

This graphs does not show a correlation.

There is no relationship between the two variables, e.g. being richer does not mean being better at football

Now look at this graph:

Graph comparing population and football success

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Is there a correlation?

What other reasons explain why some nations

are better at football than others?

What do you think is the most important factor in determining how successful a

nation is at football?

Now we have analysed the two graphs, re-write the two sentences, were you right or wrong?1. Poor countries can be as good at football

as richer countries2. Countries with large populations are better

at football than those with small populations