Data Cycle #1 (Favorite Color + Bar Graph)

Data Cycle #1
Favorite Color

Formulating the Question

Onaca wants to find out what the favorite color of students at her school is. Which question could she ask to determine this?

Multiple Choice

Onaca wants to find out what the favorite color of students at her school is. Which question could she ask to determine this?

• What is your favorite color?
• What is your least favorite color?
• Do you like the color blue?
• What color do you dislike the most?

Gathering Data

Onaca wants to find out what the favorite color of students at her school is. She has decided that she will survey students at her school and ask them "What is your favorite color?"
She doesn't have time to ask every student at her school. Who should she ask to get the most accurate representation of all students at her school?

Multiple Choice

Who should she ask to get the most accurate representation of all students at her school?

• All of the 6th graders.

• A random selection of teachers.

• A random selection of students from each grade.

• The principal.

Representing Data

Onaca gathers the data shown in the tally chart.

Multiple Choice

Next, Onaca represents the data in a bar graph. Which bar graph represents her data best?

Multiple Choice

Based on the data Onaca collected, which color was selected the most?

• red

• yellow

• blue

• green

• pink

Multiple Choice

Based on the data Onaca collected, which color was selected the least?

• red

• yellow

• blue

• green

• pink