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Community Statistics Introduction

A community group is planning a weekend event and wants to make decisions using data. Read each scenario carefully, then answer the questions. For multiple-choice questions, choose one answer unless told otherwise.

Plan a Community Event

1.The organisers ask, “What time should the event start?” and survey 80 local residents. Which option best describes statistics?

Collecting, organising and interpreting data to answer questions
Making a graph look attractive, regardless of the data
Counting only money
Guessing what most people think without collecting information

2.The organisers record each person's preferred event activity (music, games, food stalls or sports). What type of data is this, and why?

3.Select all the numerical data the organisers could collect.

Number of people in each household
Favourite food stall
Travel time to the event in minutes
Preferred music style
Number of event activities each person plans to attend

Make Sense of the Data

Travel method

Number of residents

Walk

Cycle

Bus

Car

Other

4.Use the travel-method table. How many residents answered the survey altogether?

5.Which travel method was most popular, and how many more residents chose it than cycling?

6.The organisers want to estimate transport needs for the whole neighbourhood. Explain one reason this survey might not represent everyone in the community.

Ask a Fair, Useful Question

7.Which is the strongest investigative question for deciding what refreshments to provide at the event?

Do people like food?
Which of these refreshments would you choose: fruit, sandwiches, or baking?
Why are sandwiches the best?
Will everyone buy the same snack?

8.Rewrite this leading survey question so it is neutral: “Wouldn’t you agree that everyone should arrive by bus?”

9.A volunteer proposes recording each resident’s full name, home address and favourite activity. Give one ethical step the organisers should take before collecting this information, and explain why.

10.Write one investigative question about improving a local community event. Name one type of data you would collect and who you would ask. Make sure your question could be answered using data.