Level 3-4 Data Handling - Lists and Frequency Tables

1. In a table recording responses to a questionnaire, each question should be followed by .......

   • the names of all people taking part in the survey
   • a space for the frequency of each possible answer
   • space for working out frequencies
   • separate spaces for male and female responses

2. A football league secretary keeps a table of matches won, lost or drawn. How should he list the teams?

   • In alphabetical order
   • In order of last season's results
   • By colour of team strip
   • In numerical order

3. The secretary puts the results on to a computer spreadsheet to .......

   • improve team performance
   • make the table look better
   • make it easier to update the league table
   • get the results from teams more quickly

4. W = games won, L = lost, D = drawn. Which calculation checks the number of games played by a team so far?

   • W + L - D
   • D - (W + L)
   • W + L + D
   • W - L + D

5. Which calculation checks the total number of matches played in the league so far?

   • Add up all the W, L and D values
   • Add up all the W and L values and divide by 2
   • Add the total of the W values to half the total of the D values
   • Add the total of the W values to the total of the D values

6. 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, nothing for a loss. Which calculation gives a team's points total so far?

   • W + L + D
   • 2W + D
   • 2(W + L)
   • 2W + L

7. In a survey of families, 3 have no children, 5 have 1, 7 have 2, 3 have 3, and 2 have 4. How many children are included in the survey?

   • 10
   • 24
   • 36
   • 39

8. What is the modal family size in the families survey?

   • No children
   • 1 child
   • 2 children
   • 3 children

9. In a class of 25 children, 3 boys and 2 girls are left-handed, and 10 boys are right-handed. How many girls are right-handed?

   • 8
   • 10
   • 12
   • 15

10. If the frequencies are given as percentages, what percentage of the class are left-handed?

    • 5%
    • 10%
    • 15%
    • 20%

Quiz written by Hilary Wilson