Data Types and Collection

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Students collecting data with charts and graphs

📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Types

1. What is data? Circle the best answer:

Information we collect to answer questions

Only numbers on a page

Pictures in a book

Stories we tell

2. Look at these examples. Tick all the ones that are categorical data (data that can be put into groups or categories):

Favourite colour (red, blue, green)

Number of pets you have (0, 1, 2, 3)

Type of transport to school (car, bus, walking)

Height in centimetres (120cm, 135cm, 142cm)

Favourite school subject (maths, reading, art)

3. Which of these is numerical data (data about numbers or measurements)?

Eye colour

Number of books read this month

Favourite ice cream flavour

Type of weather today

4. Complete this sentence: We collect data to help us _________________ questions about the world around us.

🔍 Part 2: Data Collection Planning

5. You want to find out about your classmates' favourite fruits. Write down:

a) What type of data is this? (categorical or numerical) _______________

b) Write your investigative question: "What is _________________________________________________?"

c) List 4 fruit options you could give your classmates to choose from:

1. _________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________ 4. _________________

6. When collecting data from classmates, which of these shows respectful behaviour? Tick all that apply:

Asking politely for their answer

Writing down their answer accurately

Telling them their answer is wrong

Letting them choose not to answer

Making up answers if someone is absent

7. Look at this tally chart showing "Number of pets students have":

0 pets: |||| |

1 pet: |||| ||||

2 pets: ||||

3 or more pets: ||

a) How many students have 1 pet? _______

b) How many students have 0 pets? _______

c) What is the most common number of pets? _______

💭 Part 3: Thinking About Data

8. Think of a question you could investigate by collecting data from your class. Write your question and explain what type of data you would collect:

My investigative question:

Type of data (categorical or numerical): _______________

Why this data would be useful to know:

9. Complete this sentence: "I notice that data can help us understand _________________ and make _________________ about our world."

Data Types and Collection

Data Types and Collection

📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Types

🔍 Part 2: Data Collection Planning

💭 Part 3: Thinking About Data

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