Data and Information Revision

State the four main areas of data analysis

Answer explanation

Data collection

Data manipulation

Data representation

Data interpretation

Which of the following would give us authentic data? (multiple answers)

• Government websites

• Textbook

• Social media

• First-hand obsservation of events

Data sources can be divided into two types. What are they?

Answer explanation

Primary

Secondary

Identify the source type:

A play showing how Benjamin Franklin flew a kite during a lightning storm.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Identify the source type:

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2.

• PRIMARY

• SECONDARY

Choosing the correct type of graph is crucial for making data easy to

• understand

• draw

• information

What is a scatter plot?

• A graph that shows the relationship of two data sets.
• A graph drawn using rectangular bars to show how large each value is.
• A graph that shows information that is connected in some way.
• A graph that shows data changing over time.

The bar graph shows the results when a die was thrown a number of times. How many sixes were thrown?

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

When do we use a pie chart?

• To show the relationship between two things

• A circular chart where each sector shows the relative size of each value

• To show how something changes in value over time

• To show how something is distributed in different categories

What kind of this chart?

• Column

• Pei

• Area

• Line