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The Mathematics of Disease Spread
Investigate historical COVID-19 case reports using daily graphs, moving averages, percentage change and doubling times. Build a separate exponential growth model, test the effect of changing multipliers and critically evaluate how mathematical models differ from real observations.
Years 8–9Guided investigationStatistics, Probability and Mathematical Modelling
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