Visualising Data Worksheet

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📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Visualisations

1. Match each type of data with the most appropriate graph type:

a) Number of pets in each household: ________________

b) Temperature readings over a week: ________________

c) Favourite colours of students in your class: ________________

Choose from: dot plot, bar graph, time-series graph

2. Which of these is an ethical consideration when collecting data? (Circle all that apply)

Making sure people agree to participate

Keeping people's answers private

Making up data to get better results

Recording data accurately

3. What should every good graph include? (Circle the best answer)

Title, labels, and clear scales

Lots of colours and decorations

Only numbers, no words

As much data as possible

4. You want to show how the number of students walking to school has changed over the past 5 years. What type of graph would be best?

📋 Part 2: Planning Your Data Collection

5. Choose an investigative question from the options below or create your own:

How many hours do students in our class spend on screens each day?

What are the favourite lunch foods in our year group?

How far do students travel to get to school?

My own question: _________________________________

6. Complete your simple data dictionary:

Question I will investigate: _________________________________________________

Variable I will measure: _________________________________________________

Type of data (numerical/categorical): _________________________________________________

Units of measurement: _________________________________________________

Who will I collect data from: _________________________________________________

7. How will you ensure your data collection is ethical?

📈 Part 3: Creating and Interpreting Graphs

8. Create your first graph BY HAND in the space below. Include title, labels, and scale.

9. Create your second graph using digital tools (attach printout or draw what it looks like):

10. Interpret your data visualisation using these sentence starters:

I notice that... _________________________________________________

This graph shows... _________________________________________________

The highest value is... _________________________________________________

An interesting pattern is... _________________________________________________

11. Which graph (hand-drawn or digital) was more effective for showing your data? Explain why.

12. Reflection: What did you learn about your investigative question from creating these visualisations?

Visualising Data Worksheet

Visualising Data Worksheet

📊 Part 1: Understanding Data Visualisations

📋 Part 2: Planning Your Data Collection

📈 Part 3: Creating and Interpreting Graphs

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