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Biased questioning

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Biased questioning”, from the unit “Sampling” (Year 10 Maths) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. There are 5 stages in the Statistical Enquiry ___.
  2. Laura is a conducting a survey about food. One of her questions is "It is important to eat healthily and fruit is healthy. Do you like to eat fruit?" What is wrong with Laura's question?
  3. Aisha carries out a survey to find out how much time people spend gaming. How could Aisha's question be improved?
  4. Lucas wants to find out how many books pupils in year 10 read. What is wrong with his question?
  5. The Oak PE teacher wants to find out how much exercise his pupils do. What is wrong with their question?
  6. Sam designs a questionnaire to find out how much TV people watch. The first question is 'What is your age?' Select the most suitable response boxes.
  7. A ___ is a set of written questions designed to collect information from a respondent.
  8. Select all the biased questions.
  9. Izzy writes the question: "How many pets do you have?". What should Izzy consider when making response boxes for this question?
  10. An Internet service provider asks: In your opinion, how would you rate the speed of your broadband?: [Amazing, Excellent, Great, Good, Bad, Poor]. What is wrong with their question?
  11. Select all the questions that are considered to be asking for personal information.
  12. A supermarket manager wants to find out how satisfied customers are with staff. He asks customers: "Do you feel helped by every member of staff when you go to this shop?". Criticise their question.

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