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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Math - Middle School - Data Handling - Collecting and Recording Data
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Surveys will usually involve collecting and recording data. In Data Handling, the way you collect and record information depends on the type of data you are studying. Remember to keep it simple so that you can get results quickly and accurately.
 

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Math - Middle School - Data Handling - Collecting and Recording Data
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1. The numbers for each type of transport are recorded on a tally chart. Tally strokes are written in groups of .......
2. Age is often a useful data item for any survey. Which of these questions would be the best to use in the school travel questionnaire?
3. Which of these questions would be most useful in the school transport survey?
4. Which question would not be asked in a questionnaire about how secondary schoolchildren travel to school?
5. What word is used to describe the most common answer to a question in a survey?
6. 50% of pupils are girls. In a sample of 10% of pupils, how many girls will you ask to fill in the questionnaire?
7. In sampling a school of 1,000 pupils, who would you ask to answer your questionnaire?
8. When carrying out a survey to gather several pieces of information about a subject, you can design a .......
9. When the tally strokes are counted, the totals for each category are recorded in a column headed .......
10. To be useful, a questionnaire should be given to a suitable number of people, called the .......