Are The Best Footballing Nations The Richest Nations? Starter: Copy the following statements and say whether they are true or false. Poor countries are not as good at football as richer countries Countries with large populations are better at football than those with small populations

Starter:

Copy the following statements and say

whether they are true or false.

Poor countries are not as good at football as richer countries

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

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.

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: 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? Poor countries can be as good at football as richer countries Countries with large populations are better at football than those with small populations

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?

Poor countries can be as good at football as richer countries

Countries with large populations are better at football than those with small populations