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Data Collection

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DATA COLLECTION

TASK 1 Method of collection

For each of these data questions, complete this table showing the method you would use to collect the
data and whether you would take a sample or collect data from the whole population. If you would
take a sample, work out how big your sample should be.

Data question Method of data collection Who would you ask?


(Tick method)
a Ahmed wants to find out Questionnaire Sample of size ________
if the boys in his school Interview whole population
are more likely than the Experiment
girls to have a cat as a pet. Observations
His school has 1000 Collect measurement
students.

b Alice wants to decide Questionnaire Sample of size ________


which restaurant to book Interview whole population
for a party for her and 10 Experiment
friends. Observations
Collect measurement

c A bus company wants to Questionnaire Sample of size ________


find out if they should Interview whole population
change the bus route to Experiment
stop at a new village. The Observations
village has a population Collect measurement
of 50.

d A farmer has 3500 tomato Questionnaire Sample of size ______


plants in a greenhouse. Interview whole population
Each day he checks the Experiment
quality of the plants. Observations
Collect measurement

e You want to find out how Questionnaire


many cars use the road Interview
outside your school Experiment
between 8 am and 9 am. Observations
Collect measurement
TASK 2 Which type of data?

Decide whether this data is continuous or discrete data.

a The height of students in a class. ______________________

b The number of sweets in a packet. ______________________

c The number of pets in a home. ______________________

d The number of times that trains are late in one station. ______________________

e The lowest recorded temperature each day in January. ______________________

f The number of minutes it takes to complete a quiz of 10 questions. ______________________

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