Year 8
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will discuss how to ask appropriate survey questions, and how to give appropriate answer options to those questions.
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3 Questions
Q1.
In order to test what Arsenal fans think about their manager, a student gives an online questionnaire to 100 Arsenal fans. The student is testing his hypothesis by taking a ….
Census
Population
Quantitative
Q2.
Which of the following is a potential disadvantage of a sample?
May be less biased than a census
More expensive than taking a census
More time-consuming than taking a census
Q3.
Mr Millar wants to test whether people prefer reading books to watching TV by asking 300 people outside Waterstones (a book shop chain) on a Friday morning. What is the most likely reason that this sample will be biased?
He asks people on a Friday, rather than another day or the week
He doesn't necessarily ask the same number of men and women
The sample size is too small
3 Questions
Q1.
Mr Millar is surveying a group of people about their reading habits. One of the questions is: "Reading is good for you. How many books have you read over the last year?" What is wrong with this question?
It is irrelevant
It is unclear
There is no time frame
Q2.
If you've read 70 books, there is no possible answer for you to tick
The answers are not relevant
The answers don't cover all possible outcomes
Q3.
A student asks his classmates how long they spent yesterday doing their homework. Which of the following is the best answer box for him to provide?
Option 1
Option 2
