GCSE Maths Revision | Statistics
Types of Data - Answers
Question Answer
Skill Questions
Group A For each of the following, state if the data being collected
is primary or secondary:
1) A student interviewing people over the telephone. 1) Primary
2) A website containing historical data. 2) Secondary
3) A list of plumbers in a local newspaper. 3) Secondary
4) A telephone directory 4) Secondary
5) A scientist conducting an experiment. 5) Primary
6) Images of animals taken by a motion detecting camera. 6) Primary
7) A pupil conducting a class survey. 7) Primary
8) An international weather report. 8) Secondary
9) A fitness tracking app on a smartphone. 9) Primary
Group B For each of the following, state if the data being collected
is qualitative or quantitative:
1) Eye colour. 1) Qualitative
2) The birth weight of newborn lambs. 2) Quantitative
3) The number of eggs laid by chickens. 3) Quantitative
4) The make of cars in a car park. 4) Qualitative
5) The names of children in a pre-school. 5) Qualitative
6) The distance of the planets from the sun in the solar 6) Quantitative
system.
7) The capacity of a swimming pool. 7) Quantitative
8) The smartphones owned by a group of people. 8) Qualitative
9) The memory size of a flash drive. 9) Quantitative
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Group C For each of the following, state if the data being
collected is discrete or continuous:
1) The height of the 5 tallest buildings in the world. 1) Continuous
2) The distance travelled on a bus journey. 2) Continuous
3) The number of stops a train makes during a journey. 3) Discrete
4) The number of chips in a portion from the canteen. 4) Discrete
5) The amount of water in a bath. 5) Continuous
6) The number of lines in a maths exercise book. 6) Discrete
7) The length of a garden hosepipe. 7) Continuous
8) The number of tick marks on a ruler. 8) Discrete
9) The area of the school field. 9) Continuous
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Question Answer
Applied Questions
1) a) Fred has a list of the number of goals scored a) Discrete
by his local football team over the last 10
matches. What type of data has Fred got?
b) Barney has a grouped table containing the b) Continuous
time taken for members of his class to
complete a test. What type of data has
Barney got?
2) This scatter graph shows the number of ice
creams sold versus the temperature that day.
a) What sort of data is being plotted using the a) Continuous
horizontal axis?
b) What sort of data is being plotted using the b) Discrete
vertical axis?
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3) The image is a question from a UK census
form:
a) What type of data is the question in the a) Qualitative
image collecting?
b) Given a reason for your answer. b) The data is non-numerical
4) a) Samantha is planning a research project a) She could get the data from
about the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean. another source. Collecting the
Explain why it would be better for her to use data herself would be difficult,
secondary data rather than primary data.
time consuming and expensive.
b) Isaac wishes to learn more about his friends' b) Questionnaire
hobbies. Suggest a way he could do this and Primary qualitative data.
the type of data he would be collecting.
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Types of Data - Mark Scheme
Question Answer
Exam Questions
1) The PE staff of a school were recording the times and Primary (1)
distances in running and throwing events at the school Continuous (1)
sports day. Which of the following best describes the
type of data collected. Tick all relevant boxes
Primary
Secondary
Qualitative
Continuous
2) Choose the option which best describes the data shown Qualitative (1)
in the pie chart.
Discrete Qualitative Secondary Continuous
3) Darren is researching the average shoe size in different Secondary and discrete (1)
parts of the world. He finds a few websites with the data
he requires. Choose the option which describes the data
he will be collecting.
Primary and discrete Secondary and qualitative
Secondary and discrete Primary and continuous
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4) Aleyna has recorded the different prices of a branded Primary and discrete (1)
fizzy drink at her local supermarkets. Choose the option
which describes the data she has collected.
Primary and discrete Secondary and qualitative
Secondary and discrete Primary and continuous
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