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Data Collection Basics

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Data Collection Basics

Data detective with magnifying glass and chart

🔍 Part 1: Understanding Data

1. What is data?
2. Why is collecting data important?
3. Which of these are examples of categorical data? (Tick all that apply)

Types of pets (cat, dog, bird)

Favourite colours (red, blue, green)

Number of books you own

Types of fruit (apple, banana, orange)

4. Which of these are examples of numerical data? (Tick all that apply)

How many siblings you have

Your favourite sport

Number of pencils in your pencil case

How many hours you sleep

📊 Part 2: Tally Practice

5. Complete these tally marks:

a) Show 7 using tally marks: _______________

b) Show 12 using tally marks: _______________

c) How many does this represent? |||| |||| || = _____

6. Survey Question Practice

You want to find out the most popular lunch food in your class. Write a good question to ask your classmates:

7. Data Collection Task

Ask 4 people (family members or friends) about their favourite fruit. Record your results using tally marks:

Apple: _______________

Banana: _______________

Orange: _______________

Grapes: _______________

Other: _______________

🤔 Part 3: Think Like a Data Detective

8. Look at your fruit survey results from Question 7. Which fruit was the most popular?
9. Circle the best way to collect data about how many pets each student in your class has:

Guess the answer

Ask each student and record their answer

Only ask your best friend

10. Explain why it's important to collect data carefully and accurately:
11. Think of one question you would like to investigate by collecting data from your classmates:

🕵️‍♂️ Part 4: Mystery Object Game

12. Think of a mystery object. Write a yes/no question to help your classmates guess what it is:

📈 Part 5: Organizing Data

13. Organize your favourite fruit data into a simple frequency table:

Fruit | Tally | Frequency

Apple | _______________ | _____

Banana | _______________ | _____

Orange | _______________ | _____

Grapes | _______________ | _____

Other | _______________ | _____

💭 Part 6: Reflection

14. Why do you think collecting data is important in our daily lives?

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