Types of Data and Bar Charts

Types of Data and Bar Charts

Multiple Choice

Reading a book about a research on sunflowers and using the data on growth rates,

• Primary Data

• Secondary Data

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I conduct a survey and questionnaire to find out the favourite ice cream flavour of Year 9 pupils.

• Primary Data

• Secondary Data

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I compare data from websites on the life span of dogs.

• Primary Data

• Secondary Data

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I stop random people on the street and ask them if they like living in Leyland.

• Primary Data

• Secondary Data

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I use a government census to look at the average age of people living in Leyland.

• Primary Data

• Secondary Data

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I ask people to write a sentence on what their best memory from Balshaws is.

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

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I record how many minutes late pupils are on a Monday morning.

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

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I record how many people put their tray away after lunch on a tally chart.

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

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I give students a questionaire asking them to tell me why they dislike vegetables.

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

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Data collected on the average temperature on the surface of mars.

• discrete (count it)

• continous (measure it)

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Data collected on how many people have a certain hair colour in a class. I.e. how many have blonde, brown, red hair.

• discrete (count it)

• continous (measure it)

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Data collected on how many children wear black coats to school.

• discrete (count it)

• continous (measure it)

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Data collected on how far pupils jump in the long jump.

• discrete (count it)

• continous (measure it)

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Data collected on how much babies weigh when they are born.

• discrete (count it)

• continous (measure it)

Multiple Select

Select all that are an advantage of sample data.

• It is less expensive

• It is more expensive

• It is quicker to conduct

• It takes into account all views and possible data.

Multiple Select

Select all that are an advantage of population data.

• It is less expensive

• It is more expensive

• It is quicker to conduct

• It takes into account all views and possible data.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct rule when drawing a bar chart.

• All bars should be the same height.

• All bars should be the same width.

• All bars should be the same colour.

Multiple Choice

Select the correct rule when drawing a bar chart.

• Both axis should have a title/label.

• The axis do not need to be labelled.

• You only need a title at the top.

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Select the correct rule when drawing a bar chart.

• The horizontal axis is always labelled frequency.

• The vertical axis is always labelled frequency.

• Both axis are labelled frequency.

Interpreting Bar Charts

How can we get information from and tell what a bar chart is telling us about something?

Multiple Choice

How many employees travelled by bus to work?

• 22

• 8

• 10

• 12

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How many employees walked to work?

• 22

• 8

• 10

• 12

Multiple Choice

How many people said Thriller was their favourite type of film?

• 0

• 2

• 1

• 7

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How many people said Drama was their favourite type of film?

• 0

• 2

• 1

• 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• pineapple is the most popular

• only apple is liked more than orange

• kiwi is the least popular fruit

• apple is the second most popular fruit

Multiple Choice

Which sport was picked by the same number of girls and boys?

• tennis

• football

• netball

• rugby

Multiple Choice

using the bar chart, what 2 numbers are missing from the table?

• 30 and 35

• 30 and 40

• pineapple, banana

• 35 and 40

Multiple Choice

Which fruit's bar is displayed correctly?

• banana

• orange

• apple

• kiwi

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• banana is the most popular fruit

• only pineapple is liked less than oranges

• kiwi is the most popular fruit

• apple is the third most popular fruit