Class survey

Class survey

Pencil and paper
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about planning an investigation, collecting and showing data.
a) My question: How can we solve the problem of _______________________________ at our school?
 
b)		  
Fill in the tally chart.
   
Ideas Tally Total
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
c)		  
Put a tick next to the four most popular ideas on your tally chart.
 
d)
 
Write down the number of people in the "others" group. __________
 
 
 
e)
Draw a bar graph that shows the number of people that picked each of the four popular favourites and the number of people in the "others" group.
Remember to give your graph a title and labels.
 
f)
 
Title:__________________________________________________________________
 
Make two statements about the information you have collected.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Task administration: 
This is a practical task that involves students conducting a survey. This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
 
Read the instructions step-by-step to the students and ask them to fill in their responses on their separate pieces of paper.

Instructions
You are going to carry out an investigation. Choose a school problem to ask all the people in your class about. Here are some examples: rubbish, losing PE gear, bullying, unhealthy lunches, or your own choice of topic.

  1. On your sheet of paper, complete the question with a topic you want to ask people about.
  2.  

    1. Ask all the people in the class your question. On the tally chart write down the answers that the people give, under the word "ideas".
    2. Put a tally mark next to the answer they give. If someone gives you an answer someone else has already given, even if they say it in a slightly different way, don't write it down again just put another tally mark next to the idea it is the same as.
    3. When you have asked all the people in your class, write down the total number who picked each idea on the chart.
  3.   Put a tick next to the four most popular ideas on your tally chart. If you have lots of ideas given by the same number of people you'll just have to choose four of them.
  4. Count up the number of people who picked something other than one of the four popular ideas. Write down the number of people in the "others" group.
  5. Draw a bar graph that shows the number of people that picked each of the four popular ideas and the number of people in the "others" group. Remember to give your graph a title and labels.
  6. Make two statements about the information you have collected. You may want to use sentence starters like: Some of the students thought... or Most of the students thought..
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
investigation, data collection, table construction, graph construction, bar graphs, graph interpretation, planning investigations
Description of task: 
Students conduct a practical, statistical investigation. They decide on a Topic and question, conduct the survey, complete the tally chart, construct a bar graph of the major ideas and make statements about the results.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to conduct a statistical investigation.
Key competencies
This resource involves planning an investigation, exploring and using patterns and relationships in data and communicating findings. These relate to the Key Competencies: Thinking and Using language, symbols and text.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Additive thinking, sets 7-8
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 
a)   Chooses an appropriate topic to investigate.
b) i)
ii)

iii)

 Writes down all the ideas given by people in the class.
Tallies responses using the correct format,
i.e., not .
Tallies responses using an incorrect format.

Groups all similar ideas together, i.e., the tally chart will not have 
any similar ideas listed separately.
Makes 1 or 2 errors in grouping of ideas, e.g., the tally chart may 
have 1 or 2 similar ideas listed separately.
Total column is filled in correctly, based on tally, or shows 
frequency count if tally is not filled in.
c)   Ticks four of the most popular choices on the tally chart.
d)   Correctly totals the number of people in the "others" group.
e)  
Titles the graph with the original question or turns the
original question into a statement.
Labels the axes, e.g., x = Ideas, y = Number of people.
[Answers will vary].
Draws a bar graph with the bars not touching and evenly spaced.

The graph is drawn consistently with the tally chart totals (full marks)

or
Four of the bars, or points plotted, are drawn consistently with the tally chart totals (partial marks)
f)   Makes two statements that are correctly based on the data collected.