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Data Collection Methods
Choose the best answers, complete the tally table and explain your thinking.
Census or sample?
1.A census gathers information from which group?
- Everyone in the group being studied
- A few people chosen at random
- Nobody in the group
2.A sample is a smaller group chosen from a larger group. What is this method called?
- A census
- Sampling
- A guess
3.Choose all the statements that describe a census.
- It includes everyone in the group.
- It can give information about the whole group.
- It is always the quickest method.
- It needs no organising.
4.Choose all the statements that can be advantages of sampling.
- It may take less time than asking everyone.
- It may be easier to organise.
- It always includes every person.
- It is always perfectly accurate.
Collect and use data
5.Five children named their favourite fruit: apple, pear, apple, banana, pear. Complete the tally table to show each fruit's tally and total.
Fruit
Tally
Total
Apple
Pear
Banana
6.Hamish asked five children from a class of 24 children about their favourite fruit. Was this a census or sampling of her class? Explain.
7.Evie wants to learn the favourite colour of all 420 students at his school. Which method would probably be more practical: a census or sampling? Give one reason.
8.A class has 24 children. To find the class's favourite playground game, should you use a census or sampling?
- Census
- Sampling
9.To find the favourite lunch of 600 students across a school, which method would usually be easier to organise?
- Census
- Sampling
10.To count how many children in a class of 24 wear glasses, should you use a census or sampling?
- Census
- Sampling
Make a fair sample
11.A school wants to learn which subject students enjoy most. If it asks every student, what method is it using? If it asks a smaller group from across the school, what method is that?
12.Luca wants to know the most popular subject at school. He only asks children who are in the music group. Why might this sample give an unfair result?
13.How could Luca choose a fairer sample of students from his school?
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