Gathering Data from Survey

Given the following data, what is the frequency of red M&M’s?
Sarah recorded the color of each M&M she pulled out of the bag: yellow, red, blue,
blue, brown, red, green, red, brown, yellow, blue, red, brown, red, yellow, green,
green, yellow, brown, blue, yellow, red, brown, green, red

• 7

• 8

• 10

• 26

The following are the tips in conducting a successful survey, except ___.

• a. use response scales whenever possible

• b. ask direct questions

• c. speak your respondent’s language

• d. break the report into separate section

This referred to as a collection of facts, such as values or measurements, observation or even just descriptions of things.

• Data

• Questionnaire

• Experimentations

• Survey

This type of data are those that you have collected yourself or the data collected at source or the data originally collected by individuals, focus groups, and a panel of respondents

• Primary Data

• Secondary Data

Quantitative data are mainly numbers. It refers to the information that is collected as, or can be translated into, numbers, which can then be displayed and analyzed mathematically. The statement is ___.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Qualitative data is data that is mainly words, sounds or images. Unlike numbers or “hard data”, qualitative information tends to be “soft,” meaning it can’t always be reduced to something definite. Which is an example from the given choices?

• A spreadsheet of sales figures for the past year
• A graph showing the correlation between temperature and ice cream sales
• A list of demographic data such as age, gender, and income
• A recording of customer feedback in a focus group discussion

It is the simplest way of recording the results.

Tally marks are often used to make a frequency distribution table.

• Line graph
• Pie chart
• Tally marks/ Frequency table

• Bar graph

This method uses pictures to represent the frequency.

• Auditory representation
• Textual representation
• Numerical representation
• Visual representation or pictorial representation

It is also called “time series”. It is a graphical presentation of data that shows a continuous change or trend.

• Line graph
• Scatter plot
• Pie chart
• Bar graph

What type of date representation is shown in the picture?

• pie chart

• bar graph

• frequency table

• percentage chart