Favourites I

Favourites I

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This task is about doing a statistical investigation.
Practical task                                                                  Name ___________________________

a)
My question:

What is the favourite ____________________ of people in my class?
 
b)
 
Fill in the tally chart.
 
Favourites Tally Total
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     
       
 
c)
Put a tick next to the four most popular "favourites" 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. Finish the title and label the axis on your graph.

 

The Favourite __________ of people in my class

Label:____________________

Task administration: 
This task is completed with pencil and paper only.
 
Read the instructions to the students one step at a time and get  them to fill in their responses on their separate pieces of paper.
 
Instructions
You are going to carry out an investigation. Choose a topic to ask all the people in your class about.
Here are some examples: favourite fast food, favourite sports, favourite pets, favourite soft-drink flavours, favourite ice-cream flavours, or your own topic idea.
a) On your sheet of paper, complete the question with a topic you want to ask people about.
 
b) i) Ask all the people in the class your question about their favourite things. On the tally chart write down the answers that the people give, under the word "favourites".
  ii) Put a tally mark next to the answer they give. If someone gives you an answer someone else has already said don't write it down again just put another tally mark next to the answer they picked.
  iii) When you have asked all the people in your class, write down the total number of people who liked each "favourite" on the chart.
  
c) Put a tick next to the four most popular "favourites" on your tally chart. If you have lots of "favourites" picked by the same number of people you'll just have to choose four of them.
 
d) Count up the number of people who picked something other than one of the four popular "favourites". This is your "others" group. 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. Finish the title and label the axis on your graph.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Statistics, Statistical investigations
Keywords: 
data collection, tally charts, bar graphs, graph construction, investigation, planning investigations
Description of task: 
Students conduct a practical, statistical investigation. They decide on the question to investigate, conduct the survey, complete the tally chart, and construct and label a bar graph.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can be used to help to identify students' ability to  pose a question, collect data, and construct a graph.
Key competencies
This resource involves collecting information from their peers, which relates to the Key Competency: Relating to Others.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Statistical investigations, set 4
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
   
1 mark a)   Chooses an appropriate topic to investigate.
1 mark
2 marks
or   
1 mark
1 mark		 b) i)
ii)
 

iii)

 Lists the responses given.
Tallies responses using the correct format,
i.e., not .
Tallies responses using an incorrect format.
Fills in the total column based on tally, or shows frequency count if tally is not filled in.
1 mark c)   Ticks the four most popular choices on the bar graph.
1 mark d)   Correctly totals the number of people in the "others" group.
1 mark
(for both correct)
1 mark
2 marks
or
1 mark		 e)   Completes the title and the label.

Draws a bar graph with the bars not touching and evenly spaced.
All the bars are drawn consistently with the tally chart totals.

Four of the bars are drawn consistently with the tally chart totals.