NGPF 9.3 Two-Way Tables

A prom planning committee surveyed their senior class to see whether students preferred to hold the prom at Sunset Lodge or the Aquarium and whether they preferred a Under the Sea or Starry Night theme.

According to this two-way table of results, how many students prefer the Aquarium over Sunset Lodge?

A prom planning committee surveyed their senior class to see whether students preferred to hold the prom at Sunset Lodge or the Aquarium and whether they preferred a Under the Sea or Starry Night theme.

According to this two-way table of results, how many students said they prefer both Under the Sea and the Aquarium?

A prom planning committee surveyed their senior class to see whether students preferred to hold the prom at Sunset Lodge or the Aquarium and whether they preferred a Under the Sea or Starry Night theme.

According to this two-way table of results, how many students said they prefer both Starry Night and Sunset Lodge?

Annotate the diagram with the type of data that matches each definition given.

a

b

c

d

CATEGORICAL

DISCRETE

CONTINUOUS

NUMERICAL

Match the definitions of types of data with the vocabulary words.

• Numerical

• can be ranked in a natural order

• Categorical

• categories or groups

• Ordinal

• infinite and uncountable numbers that can change by small decimal quantities

• Continuous

• finite integer numbers

• Discrete

• number responses

Read the survey question below and determine what type of data would be collected in response.

How tall are you?

• Categorical

• Discrete

• Continuous

• None of these

Read the survey question below and determine what type of data would be collected in response.

What is your favorite color?

• Categorical

• Discrete

• Continuous

• None of these

Read the survey question below and determine what type of data would be collected in response.

How many pets do you have?

• Categorical

• Discrete

• Continuous

• None of these

A prom planning committee surveyed their senior class to see whether students preferred to hold the prom at Sunset Lodge or the Aquarium and whether they preferred a Under the Sea or Starry Night theme.

According to this two-way table of results, what two categorical variables did the prom committee collect data on?

• Gender

• Food Choice

• Location

• Theme

• Music Preference

Based on this two-way table of results,

which options should the prom committee choose?

• Starry Night theme at Sunset Lodge

• Under the Sea theme at the Aquarium

• Starry Night theme at the Aquarium

• Under the Sea theme at Sunset Lodge