Unit 1: Developing questions, collecting and classifying data
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this unit, you should be able to:
- Develop questions that require the collection of data
- Use appropriate instruments to collect data
- Classify the collected data as categorical or numerical
- Organise the collected data using tallies and frequency tables.
Unit 1 instructions
- Review pages 4 – 7 of your module study guide covering the theory of unit 1
- Review the enrichment resources included as additional information
- Individually complete activity 2.1.1 on page 7 of your module guide
- Complete your answers in electronic format using either a Word document or a Spreadsheet. Save your document / spreadsheet in the following format: Full name_Module 2_Unit 1
- Follow the submission instructions in the tool below to submit your answers
Velaction Videos. (2013). Data collection: Understand the types of data (Standard YouTube licence) – watch from 0.44
MooMooMath & Science. (2016). Discrete and continous data (Standard YouTube licence)
365 Data Science. (2019). Types of data: Categorical vs numerical (Standard YouTube licence)