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Categorical Data Collection Survey

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Categorical Data Collection Survey

Help plan a class picnic by finding out what people like. Categorical data puts answers into groups, such as fruit types. Ask politely, let people skip a question, and record each answer once.

Plan the survey

The picnic helpers want to know which fruit and which drink children prefer.

1.Which answer is categorical data?
  • A person’s favourite fruit
  • A person’s height in centimetres
  • How many minutes a game lasts
2.The helpers ask each child for a favourite fruit and a favourite drink. How many things, or variables, are they finding out?
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
3.Choose the two questions that are friendly and suitable for the picnic survey.
  • What is your favourite fruit?
  • How much money does your family have?
  • What is your favourite drink?
  • What is your home address?

Collect and record

Five children answered: apple, banana, apple, orange, apple.

Fruit

Tally

Number

Apple

Banana

Orange

4.Complete the tally table. Write tally marks and the number for apple, banana and orange.
5.Which fruit got the most votes? How many votes did it get?
6.Write one thing you notice about the fruit answers. You could compare two fruits or say which fruit got the fewest votes.

Your turn, survey planner

Imagine you are helping choose picnic activities. Think of categories people could choose from.

7.Write one survey question about a favourite activity. Give at least three possible answer groups.
8.A child does not want to answer your survey. What should you do?
  • Ask again and again
  • Respect their choice and move on
  • Guess their answer

3 printable pages

  • Picnic survey planning and categorical data questions

    Page 1

  • Fruit survey tally table and interpreting class votes

    Page 2

  • Create a respectful survey question about picnic activities

    Page 3

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