Data Collection Methods

A list of questions

• survey/Questionnaire

• scientific experiment

• poll

• observation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Data collected by asking a quick question

• observation

• scientific experiment

• questionnaire

• poll

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

If I wanted to find out how many boys and how many girls are in Mr. Jefferson's class, I would collect data by conducting a(n):

• survey/questionnaire

• poll

• observation

• scientific experiment

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

If I wanted to collect data about people's favorite sport, I would ask:

• "Do you like sports?"

• "Are you good at basketball?"

• "What is your favorite football team?"

• "What is your favorite sport?"

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Every graph needs:

• tally marks, labels, and a key

• a title, labels, and categories, and sometimes a key

• numbers and words

• an x and y axis

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CCSS.3.MD.B.3

If I wanted to collect data on which brand of disinfectant wipes kills the most germs, I would conduct a:

• poll

• scientific experiment

• observation

• questionnaire

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

The class voted on their class reward. They participated in a(n):

• observation

• questionnaire

• poll

• scientific experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

Ms. Bailey sent home a long list of "get to know you" questions about her students to collect data about them. She collected data through a:

• scientific experiment

• poll

• observation

• survey/questionnaire

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Ms. Williamson picked up trash in her community. She wants to collect and represent data about the different types of trash she collected. She should collect data through a(n):

• observation

• poll

• survey

• scientific experiment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Mrs. Turner's class wants to collect data on how students get to school each day. What is the best method to collect this data?

• observation

• poll

• scientific experiment

• questionnaire

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3