Level 3-4 Data Handling - Collecting and Recording Data

1. When carrying out a survey to gather several pieces of information about a subject, you can design a .......

   • qualification
   • questionnaire
   • query
   • quintuplet

2. To be useful, a questionnaire should be given to a suitable number of people, called the .......

   • assortment
   • average
   • sample
   • share

3. Which question would not be asked in a questionnaire about how secondary schoolchildren travel to school?

   • Do you use public transport? Y or N
   • How far do you have to travel to school?
   • Is it sensible to wear a bike helmet?
   • How do you travel to school - car, bus, walk or cycle?

4. 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?

   • What is your date of birth?
   • Tick your age group: 0-10, 11-16, 17-21, over 21
   • Where were you born?
   • Circle your Year Group: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

5. The numbers for each type of transport are recorded on a tally chart. Tally strokes are written in groups of .......

   • 3
   • 4
   • 5
   • 6

6. When the tally strokes are counted, the totals for each category are recorded in a column headed .......

   • frequency
   • number
   • total
   • type

7. Which of these questions would be most useful in the school transport survey?

   • Do you have a driving licence?
   • Are you a boy or a girl?
   • How tall are you?
   • Can you ride a horse?

8. In sampling a school of 1,000 pupils, who would you ask to answer your questionnaire?

   • Year 10 pupils
   • 20 pupils from each Year Group
   • The first 100 people entering the school gate
   • All pupils

9. 50% of pupils are girls. In a sample of 10% of pupils, how many girls will you ask to fill in the questionnaire?

   • 30
   • 40
   • 50
   • 60

10. What word is used to describe the most common answer to a question in a survey?

    • Mean
    • Median
    • Mode
    • Range

Quiz written by Hilary Wilson