Unit 6 – Data handling
Interpreting data
Look at this bar graph. What is the same and what is different about this example and the ones we used before? Do you think that the collected data shows opinions or observations?
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People’s favourite colours at a shopping mall
red green blue orange pink yellow
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Number of people
The scale goes up in fives. How would you need to change the bars if 27 people chose red as their favourite colour and 18 chose green?
2 Look at these statements. Are they true or false?
• The most popular colour is blue. • The least popular colour is orange. • Two more people chose pink than orange. • The total number of people represented here is 125.
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