Collecting & Tabulating Data

Question 1

How is Data collected?

Answer 1

Taking measurements

Conducting surveys, interviews or questionnaires

Reading from past records

Question 2

What is a frequency table

Answer 2

It is a table that shows the frequency in which the data occurs

The table shows the number of students that bought drinks from a stall

Question 3

What is frequency?

Answer 3

Frequency refers to the number of time each category occurs

For example the frequency of hot drinks bought is 10

Question 4

What is a tally?

The table shows the number of goals scored

Answer 4

Tally is a means to help us count the data

We place a slanted stroke whenever we see a value occur

Question 5

After a tally is done, how do update the frequency?

Answer 5

We count the number of strokes to represent the number

when there is a stroke cut across 4 strokes, it represents 5

Question 6

Update the tally

Answer 6

Question 7

Update the frequency

Answer 7