6.PS.1 Data Cycle and Circle Graph Test

What data is needed to determine the most common pet owned by students?

• 
  average cost of caring for a pet

• 
  total number of students in the school

• types of pets available for adoption

• whether each student owns a pet and the type of pet they own

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CCSS.1.MD.C.4

What data is needed, and what method should be used to collect information about student reactions to a new school policy?

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  attendance records to review changes; measurement method

• 
  responses from a survey asking for opinions; survey

• observations of student interactions during lunch; observational study

• the number of students attending the next assembly; observation study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A school wants to investigate whether there is a connection between students' participation in extracurricular activities and their overall academic performance. What data should the school collect, and how might they collect it?

• 
  names of all extracurricular activities offered; through a survey of student participation

• number of students in each extracurricular activity; through attendance records from the activities

• 
  academic scores of students; by reviewing report cards from previous years

• favorite subjects of students; through informal interviews with students

To evaluate the impact of different teaching methods on student performance, which data need to be collected?

• grades of students from different teaching methods

• number of teachers in the school

• methods used by teachers in the classroom

• time spent on each subject

"Do you prefer hotdog or pizza?"

Is this a well formulated statistical question?

• No, because there are a variety of possible answers to this question.

• Yes, because there are a variety of possible answers to this question.

• No, because there is only one possible answer to this question.

• Yes, because there is only one possible answer to this question.

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CCSS.6.SP.A.1

Which question can be well represented using a circle graph?

• What is the marathon over the last week?

• Which city has the most gold medals won in the Olympics?

• What types of transportation do students use to get to school?

• How much time do students spend on homework each night?

Which two questions could be answered using this circle graph?

• What is the average total dollar cost of all my expenses per month?

• How does my transportation spending compare to my food spending?

• What are the specific items purchased in each category?

• What do I spend the least amount of money on per month?

Which type of data is required to answer the question: "What types of cars are the most popular?"

• Categorical

• Quantitative

Jack asks all of the teachers in his school to complete some tasks and counts how many they can get done. He plays a podcast while some are doing the tasks and not for others and compares the differences between listening to a podcast and not.

Which type of data collection method was used?

• Observation

• Survey

• Experiment

• Measurement

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Consider the question: "What is the expected cost of owning a cat, and does the cost vary by breed?"

Which two attributes should be measured to answer the question?

• Breed

• Weight

• Cost

• Age

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5B