Data Cycle (Day 1) - Teacher led

Which is NOT part of the data cycle?

• Formulate questions

• Analyze data

• collect data

• make up data

What is the first step in the Data Cycle?

• Formulate Questions to be Explored with Data

• Collect or Acquire Data

• Analyze Data and Communicate Results

• Organize and Represent Data

A question that requires data collection should be:

(choose 3)

• clear

• specific

• measurable

• broad

What is the primary purpose of collecting data?

• to create graphs

• to write stories

• to answer questions or gain knowledge

• to draw pictures

Select all the ways of acquiring data

• observation

• measurement

• survey

• guessing

Watching or looking carefully to gather information is.....

• observation

• measurement

• survey

• experiment

Using tools to find out things like length, weight, or time is.....

• observation

• measurement

• survey

• experiment

Asking people questions to find out what they think or do is.....

• observation

• measurement

• survey

• experiment

Carrying out tests or trials to see how things work is.....

• observation

• measurement

• survey

• experiment

To make sure data represents the larger population, the sample size should be small for more accurate results.

• True
• False