Sunday 17 June 2012

4.0 DATA HANDLING - case study introduction

Q1) How could Mussie and Ellie find out whether older people do more for charity than younger people?

A1) Create a questionnaire asking their age, gender, and how often do they donate to charity?


Q2) Why does Mussie think that these date prove him right? Why might Ellie think that these date do not prove him right?

A2) Because they two have different thoughts; ideas; rights to have their own opinion.


Q3) What questions should they ask?

A3)
       1. Do your friends also donate money to charity?
       2. What makes you want / don't want to donate money to charity?
       3. Do you tell your friends to donate? How can you persuade them to donate?


Q4) How many questionnaires should they hand out? Who do you think should fill in their questionnaire?

A4) They hand out 30 copies of the questionnaire. They can give it to their teachers; classmates; parents; friends to fill it.


Q5) Which software could Mssie and Ellie use to put the answers into the computer? How can they check that the data are correct? How could they reduce the number of errors in the data? What problems might there be if the data were typed in incorrectly?

A5)They could put the answers in a spreadsheet. If data was typed in incorrectly, they will have the wrong conclusion.


Q6) What is the best way for Ellie and Mussie to present their results?

A6) The best way to present their results is to use a pie chart.




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