(1) The benchmark for mathematics content standard 6 for a student at the end of grade 8 is the ability to:

(a) systematically collect, organize, and describe data;

(b) construct, read, and interpret tables, charts, and graphs;

(c) draw inferences, construct and evaluate arguments based on data analysis and measures of central tendency;

(d) construct sample spaces and determine the theoretical and experimental probabilities of events; and

(e) make predictions based on experimental results or probabilities.