📊 Part 1: Understanding Digital Data Tables

1. What is the main purpose of organising data in a digital table?

To make it look prettier

To see patterns and make sense of information

To use more technology

To make it harder to read

2. In a spreadsheet, what do we call the vertical sections that organise our data?

Rows

Columns

Cells

Variables

3. Which of these are good practices when entering data into a digital table? (Tick all that apply)

Label your columns clearly

Enter data accurately

Use different spellings for the same item

Check your work for errors

Work collaboratively with others

4. Look at this data about favourite school subjects. What would be good column headings for a digital table?

Data: Maths, English, Science, Maths, Art, Science, English, Maths, PE, Art

Column 1: _________________ Column 2: _________________

📋 Part 2: Creating and Reading Data Tables

5. Complete this frequency table based on the favourite colours data below:

Red, Blue, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Blue

Favourite Colours

Red: ____

Blue: ____

Green: ____

Yellow: ____

Total responses: ____

6. Based on your completed table above, answer these questions:

a) Which colour was chosen most often? _________________

b) Which colour was chosen least often? _________________

c) How many more people chose Blue than Green? _________________

7. Explain why using a digital spreadsheet might be better than writing data tables by hand.

8. You are helping your group enter data about students' favourite sports into a spreadsheet. What steps would you follow to make sure the data is organised well?

🔍 Part 3: Data Investigation Planning

9. Choose a topic you would like to investigate with your class. Write an investigative question and plan how you would organise the data in a digital table.

My investigative question:

What data would I collect?

How would I organise this data in columns?

10. Describe one pattern or interesting finding you might expect to discover from your investigation.