Y7HY’s (Panda)
Q1. How could Mussie and Ellie find out whether older people do more for charity than younger people?
A1. They can look at some charity websites and do some searches too see if they can find the information they need.
Q2. Why does Mussie think that these data prove him right? Why might
Ellie think that these data do not prove him right?
A2. Mussie asked Ellie to look at the information, and she saw the amount of money donated by older people is more than the amount donated by younger people.
Q3. What questions should they ask?
A3. How old are you?
How much money do you give to charity?
Do you do charity work?
What type of charity do you donate money to?
Q4. How many questionnaires should they hand out? Who do you think should fill in their questionnaire?
A4. Seven the students should fill in it.
Q5. Which software could Mussie and Ellie use to put the answers into the computer? How can they check that the data are correct? How could they reduce the number of errors in the data? What problems might there be if the data were typed in incorrect?
A5. They can use spreadsheet; they can also search the data and sort the data to find the correct answers. There would be confusion in the work that they did that said, “how many people aged under 18 donate money to charity.”
Q6. What is the best way for Ellie and Mussie to present their results?
A6. They think that they should create a report, and use a table to show the results, they also think that a pie chart would help making people to understand more.
