Time-Series Data Worksheet

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📊 Part 1: Understanding Time-Series Data

1. What is time-series data?

Data collected from different people at the same time

Data collected at different points in time to show changes

Data that only shows numbers

Data collected once and never changed

2. Which of these are examples of time-series data? (Tick all that apply)

Daily temperature in Auckland for one week

Height of students in your class today

Number of cars passing your school each hour

Weekly rainfall in Wellington over a month

Favourite colours of Year 6 students

3. Look at this simple time-series graph showing daily temperature in Christchurch:

Monday: 12°C, Tuesday: 15°C, Wednesday: 18°C, Thursday: 16°C, Friday: 14°C

What was the warmest day of the week? _____________

By how many degrees did the temperature drop from Wednesday to Friday? _____°C

4. Why might collecting time-series data be useful?

To see patterns and changes over time

To count how many people like pizza

To organise books in alphabetical order

To find the tallest student in class

✏️ Part 2: Planning Data Collection

5. You want to investigate: "How does the number of students buying lunch change during the school week?"

What is the variable you would measure? ________________________________

What is the group of interest? ________________________________

When would you collect this data? ________________________________

6. When collecting data from people, which ethical consideration is most important?

Making sure the data looks neat

Getting permission and respecting privacy

Using only red pens to record data

Collecting data as quickly as possible

7. Write a good investigative question for each time-series data collection idea:

Collecting daily rainfall data:

Counting birds at morning tea each day:

🎯 Part 3: Design Your Own Time-Series Study

8. Plan a simple time-series data collection that you could do at school or home over one week.

My investigative question:

What will I measure (variable)? ________________________________

Who or what will I collect data from (group of interest)? ________________________________

How often will I collect data? ________________________________

What ethical considerations do I need to think about?

9. Explain why your time-series data collection might be useful or interesting:

Time-Series Data Worksheet

Time-Series Data Worksheet

📊 Part 1: Understanding Time-Series Data

✏️ Part 2: Planning Data Collection

🎯 Part 3: Design Your Own Time-Series Study

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