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Grade 11 Mathematical Literacy — Data Handling Quiz

Collecting, Classifying, Organising, Centre, Spread and Reading Graphs

What this quiz covers

grade11ml_data_handling_quiz1 draws its questions at random from a bank of 21 questions, with full worked solutions for every one.


Worked examples

A few of the question types, with full solutions, so you know what to expect.

A researcher wants to know the average time Grade 11s at a school spend on homework. Which is the POPULATION?

  1. All Grade 11 learners at the school
  2. The 40 learners actually surveyed
  3. The teacher conducting the survey
  4. The homework diary

Answer: All Grade 11 learners at the school

\(\text{The population is the WHOLE group you want to know about.}\)

\(\text{The 40 surveyed learners are the sample, not the population.}\)

Why is surveying only the soccer team about sport time a BIASED sample?

  1. They are not typical of all learners
  2. There are too many of them
  3. Soccer players cannot count
  4. The sample is too small

Answer: They are not typical of all learners

\(\text{A fair sample must represent the whole population.}\)

\(\text{Soccer players play far more sport than average, skewing the result.}\)

Which of these is NOT a common way to collect data?

  1. Guessing without asking anyone
  2. A questionnaire
  3. An interview
  4. Existing municipal records

Answer: Guessing without asking anyone

\(\text{Data must come from a real source: surveys, interviews, observation or records.}\)

"Favourite subject" is an example of which type of data?

  1. Categorical
  2. Numerical (discrete)
  3. Numerical (continuous)
  4. None of these

Answer: Categorical

\(\text{Categorical data is made up of labels or groups, not numbers.}\)

"Number of children in a household" is:

  1. Discrete numerical
  2. Continuous numerical
  3. Categorical
  4. Cannot be classified

Answer: Discrete numerical

\(\text{You cannot have half a child — this is counted in whole steps.}\)

\(\text{Counted data is discrete.}\)