Collecting and recording data test questions

1

Following an overnight trip to an outdoor pursuit centre, students were asked:

An example of a question from a questionnaire

Look at the three options and decide why is this a poor question.

There are no evening activities at the centre

It doesn't ask about daytime activities

There's no opportunity to say 'None'

2

Here's a question that was asked to children at a school:

Why is this a poor question?

There's nowhere to say that you are \({10}\) years old

There's nowhere to say that you are \({9}\) years old

There's nowhere to say that you are \({13}\) years old

3

How many children in the maths class own \({40}\) or more CDs?

\[{7}\]

\[{13}\]

\[{12}\]

4

Use this two-way table to find out how many boys are in the class.

\[{16}\]

\[{2}\]

\[{3}\]

5

Use this two-way table to find out how many children in the class are left-handed.

\[{3}\]

\[{2}\]

\[{1}\]

6

You need to construct a table to show continuous data going from \({0}\) to \({10}\). What sign should replace the asterisk *?

\[{0}\leq{weight}~\textless~{5}\]

\[{5}~{*}~{weight}\leq{10}\]

\[\textless\]

\[\leq\]

\[\textgreater\]

7

You need to construct a table to show continuous data going from \({20}\) to \({100}\). What sign should replace the asterisk *?

\[{20}\leq{length}~\textless~{50}\]

\[{50}\leq{length}~{*}~{70}\]

\[{70}\leq{length}\leq{100}\]

\[\textless\]

\[\leq\]

\[\textgreater\]

8

What's wrong with these continuous groups?

\[{time}\textless{20}\]

\[{20}\leq{time}\leq{50}\]

\[{50}\leq{time}~\textless~{70}\]

\[{70}\leq{time}\textless{100}\]

\[{time}\geq{100}\]

There's nowhere to put \({70}\)

\({50}\) belongs to two groups

\({100}\) belongs to two groups

9

Here's the heights of pupils in the class:

\[{150},~{167},~{141},~{156},~{160},~{177}\]

\[{169},~{166},~{159},~{153},~{163},~{165}\]

\[{164},~{171},~{176},~{155},~{161},~{165}\]

How many pupils' heights are in the group \({160}~\textless~{height}\leq{165}\)?

\[{5}\]

\[{6}\]

\[{4}\]

10

According to the diagram, how many children scored \({40}\) or more in the test?

\[{7}\]

\[{5}\]

\[{0}\]