4.15 Methods to gather information  (Page 2/2)

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vii) Any “extras” (e.g. swimming pool): _________________________________

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viii) Would you buy the house if you could afford it? _______________________

Why?/Why not? _________________________________________________

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c) Make a list of the prices of 10 more houses that have been advertised:

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i) Calculate the median. ____________________________________________

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ii) What is the average price at which the houses are being advertised?

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12.4 Collect the following information:

a) Consult your local newspaper/TV guide. See how much time is spent on the following and complete the tables.

b) Answer the following questions:

i) The most time is spent on ..... on TV2 (Type of programme)?

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ii) The least time is spent on ..... on TV3 (Type of programme)?

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iii) Which channel spends the most time on sport? ________________________

iv) Which channel spends the least time on child entertainment? _____________

v) Which type of programme mentioned above do YOU watch the most?

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12.5 Can you think of more methods of collecting information?

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Assessment

Learning Outcome 5: The learner will be able to collect, summarise, display and critically analyse data in order to draw conclusions and make predictions, and to interpret and determine chance variation.

Assessment Standard 5.1: We know this when the learner poses questions relating to human rights, social, economic, environmental and political issues in own environment;

Assessment Standard 5.2: We know this when the learner selects appropriate sources for the collection of data (including peers, family, newspapers, books, magazines);

Assessment Standard 5.3: We know this when the learner uses simple questions (with a variety of possible responses) and designs and uses questionnaires (with yes/no type responses) in order to collect data (alone and/or as a member of a group or team) to answer questions;

Assessment Standard 5.6: We know this when the learner identifies the largest and smallest scores in a data set and determines the difference between them in order to determine the spread of the data (range);

Assessment Standard 5.9: We know this when the learner summarises ungrouped numerical data by determining mean, median and mode as measures of central tendency and distinguishes between them.