The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Statistical problems - data collection”, from the unit “Numerical summaries of data” (Year 8 Maths) by Oak National Academy.
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12 questions
When you count how many individuals (people, animals etc.) are in each category of a data set you are finding the ___ for each category.
Put the stages of a data investigation in order.
Which of these data sets can only contain integer values?
Which tool measures length?
What is the frequency of 'moon' in the list? ___
Which is an example of a tally chart?
Which tool could be used to collect data about how satisfied customers are after using their business?
Which tool could you use to collect data about the frequencies of different species of birds that land in a garden?
Which word describes the entire set of people, creatures, plants or items that make up the whole group that is being studied in a data investigation?
A ___ is a subset of the population of a data investigation.
Alex wants to investigate how much time 16 year-old pupils in the UK spend doing homework per week. What is the population in Alex's investigation?
Laura wants to investigate how much time pupils in her school spend watching cartoons per week. Which of these samples would be the most representative of the population in Laura's investigation?
