Data Types
This is the data type for eye color or type of music. (see question #1)
Qualitative
This pet had the most votes (provide #) in the class survey. (see question #6)
Dog (7 votes)
This mode of transportation was used the most by students. (see question #8)
Bus
This day of the week had the highest temperature on the line graph. Provide temp #. (see question #13)
Friday. 65 degF.
This after-school activity was the largest slice in the pie chart. What % is it? (see question #17)
Reading. 40%.
This is the data type for height in centimeters or 50m dash times. (see question #1)
Quantitative
This is how many students total participated in the favorite pet survey. (see question #7)
18 students
This mode of transportation was used the least by students. (see question #9)
Car
This day of the week had the lowest temperature on the line graph. Provide temp #. (see question #14)
Monday. 58 degF.
This after-school activity was the smallest slice in the pie chart. Provide %. (see question #18)
Art. 10%.
This subtype of data has a natural order but uses words, like race place: 1st, 2nd, 3rd. (see question #2)
Ordinal
These two pets tied for second place in the pet survey. Provide vote # (see question #5)
Cat and Fish (4 votes each)
This is how many students travel by bus. (see question #10)
8 students
This was the total temperature change from Monday to Friday. (see question #15)
7 degF
If 20 students were surveyed, this many chose Sports as their after-school activity. (see question #19)
6 students.
This subtype of data has no natural order and uses words, like class jersey color. (see question #2)
Categorical
This pet received exactly 3 votes in the survey. (see question #5)
Bird
This is how many more students travel by bus than by car. (see question #11)
5 more students
The temperature increased the most between these two days. Provide ΔTemp #. (see question #16)
Thursday to Friday. +4 degF.
This is the fraction (or percent) of the pie chart that represents Art and Sports. (see question #20)
4/10. (40%)
This subtype of data is measured and can include decimals, like golf driving distance or water in a bottle. (see question #2)
Continuous
This fraction (or percent) of students chose Dog as their favourite pet. (see question #7)
7/18 (about 39%)
This is the total number of students shown on the bar graph. (see question #12)
20 students
Starting a y-axis at 54 instead of 0 does this to the appearance of the differences between bars. (see question #22).
It makes the differences look bigger than they really are.
A student made a pie chart with slices of 120°, 120°, 100°, and 30°. This is why the chart is wrong. (see question #21)
The angles add to 370°, but a pie chart must total exactly 360°.