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Data Collection and Graphing

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Data Collection and Graphing

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📋 Part 1: Plan & Collect

1. Choose one question to investigate. (Pick one)

How many students have a pet cat?

What is the most common shoe colour in class?

Which fruit is the class favourite?

How many students walk, ride or are driven to school?

2. Write your chosen question exactly:
3. Collect data from up to 20 classmates. Record tallies below (use tally marks).

Category A: ___________________________

Category B: ___________________________

Category C: ___________________________

Category D / Other: ______________________

4. Which is the best reason to use tally marks when collecting quick data?

They are fast and easy to add as you go.

They show exact decimals for each answer.

They stop people from changing answers later.

📊 Part 2: Graph & Interpret

5. Give a short title for your graph:
6. Draw a bar graph of your tallies. Label the x-axis (categories) and y-axis (number of students). Use the box below.
7. Answer from your graph: Which category is the most common?
8. Which category is the least common? Write one sentence explaining what this might tell us about the class.
9. Reflection (one sentence): How did you make sure your data collection was fair and polite?

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