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Unit 4: Enquiries into current research in health and social care

Worksheet Dealing with data


Learning aim B
4.17

Activity one
The table below resulted from research into gender differences in ill-health. Look at the table and
answer the questions that follow.

Males age Females age


Health category
25–34 35–44 45–54 25–34 35–44 45–54
Very good 46 40 38 41 39 35
Good 42 43 43 47 44 42
Fair 11 14 14 11 14 19
Bad 1 3 5 2 2 4
Very bad 0 1 1 0 1 1

Source: Health Survey for England, 1994, Vol 1 (1996) London: HMSO. (Note: Figures supplied are
percentages.)

1 Which groups (stage age and gender) consider their health to be very good?

2 Which group is most likely to classify their health as good?

3 Which gender is more likely to report their health as only fair?

4 Draw two further conclusions from this data table.

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Activity two
The graph below shows mortality statistics among men and women over a 20-year period.

1 What are the advantages or representing data in this format rather than in a table?

2 Who has the higher mortality rate under the age of 15, males or females?

3 Draw three conclusions from this data.

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Activity three
1 Calculate the arithmetic mean for each of the following sets of data. To do this, add up all the
numbers in each category and divide by how many numbers there are. For example, to calculate
the average for male participant 1:

Add up all the numbers: 52 + 48 + 55 + 45 = 200

200
Divide by how many numbers there are: =50
4

Total Male Male Male Female Female Female


alcohol participant participant participant participant participant participant
units 1 2 3 1 2 3
consumed
Week 1 52 18 26 13 21 15
Week 2 48 22 22 8 25 12
Week 3 55 25 56 12 19 20
Week 4 45 20 24 15 24 18
Total 200 85 128 48 89 65
Average

1 Within this small sample, do males or females have a higher average alcohol consumption?

2 Do you think the average is a good representation of male participant 3’s data?

3 Draw three conclusions from the data.

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Activity four
The following participants took part in a questionnaire survey about breast-screening habits. 55 were
aged between 24 and 30; 81 were aged between 31 and 37, 76 were aged between 38 and 44, 82
were aged between 45 and 51, 72 were aged between 52 and 59, 59 were aged between 60 and 67,
47 were aged between 68 and 74 and 56 were aged over 74.

Calculate the percentage of the total survey that each group represents, and present your findings as
a bar chart.

You can calculate the percentages using the following formula:

number of participants∈a group


×100=percentage
total number of particpants

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