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Session 5 Study Guide: Asking Yes or No

Data Science for Young Minds — Grade 1

Key Topics

TopicDetails
Identifying yes/no questions vs. open-enIdentifying yes/no questions vs. open-ended questions
Collecting answers from real peopleCollecting answers from real people
Recording yes/no responses with symbolsRecording yes/no responses with symbols
Interpreting results: more yes or more nInterpreting results: more yes or more no?

Lesson Summaries

Lesson 1: What Is a Yes/No Question?

Some questions can be answered with yes or no. Learn which questions work and which do not.

Lesson 2: Asking 10 People

Pick a yes/no question and ask 10 people. Record each answer. You are collecting data!

Lesson 3: Recording Yes and No

Use happy and sad face stickers (or check marks and X marks) to record answers. Count the yeses and nos.

Lesson 4: What Did We Learn?

Look at your results. More yeses or nos? What does that tell you? Practice saying what you found.

Review Questions

  1. Which of these is a yes/no question?
  2. Which is NOT a yes/no question?
  3. If 7 people say yes and 3 say no, which answer is more common?
  4. Why do we ask the SAME question to everyone?
  5. What is 'collecting data'?
  6. You asked 10 people if they like pizza. 8 said yes. What can you say?
  7. What is a good way to record yes/no answers?
  8. If you ask 'Do you have a brother?' and get 5 yes and 5 no, the results are...