DATA COLLECTION SOLUTIONS

TASK 1 Method of collection

Data question Method of data collection Who would you ask?

(Tick method)
a Ahmed wants to find out  Questionnaire  Sample of size: 100
if the boys in his school Interview whole population
are more likely than the Experiment
girls to have a cat as a Observations
pet. His school has 1000 Collect measurement
students.

b Alice wants to decide Questionnaire Sample of size ________

which restaurant she will  Interview  whole population
book for a party for her Experiment
and 10 friends. Observations
Collect measurement

c A bus company wants to  Questionnaire Sample of size ________

find out if they should Interview  whole population
change the bus route to Experiment
stop at a new village. Observations
The village has a Collect measurement
population of 50.

d A farmer has 3500 Questionnaire  Sample of size: 350

tomato plants in a Interview whole population
greenhouse. Each day he  Experiment
checks the quality of the Observations
plants. Collect measurement

e You want to find out Questionnaire

how many cars use the Interview
road outside your school Experiment
between 8 am and 9 am.  Observations
Collect measurement

TASK 2 Which type of data?

a Continuous b Discrete c Discrete

d Discrete e Continuous f Continuous