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8 questions about Session 2: Asking Good Questions. Get 6+ right to pass!

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1

Which question can data answer?

  • What is the best color?
  • How many students walk to school?
  • Is homework fair?
  • Should we have more recess?
2

What is a leading question?

  • A question at the beginning of a survey
  • A question that pushes people toward a certain answer
  • A question about leadership
  • The first question a scientist asks
3

What is a sample?

  • A free piece of food at a store
  • The group of people you actually ask or survey
  • A type of graph
  • A science experiment
4

Why is 'Do you like stuff?' a bad survey question?

  • It is too short
  • It is too vague — 'stuff' could mean anything
  • It uses a question mark
  • It is too easy to answer
5

What makes a sample 'representative'?

  • It includes only your friends
  • It looks like the whole group you want to learn about
  • It is very small
  • It only includes people who agree with you
6

Why is asking 30 people better than asking 3?

  • 30 is a bigger number
  • More responses give more reliable results
  • 3 people cannot talk
  • It takes more time so it must be better
7

How can you turn 'What is the best lunch?' into a data question?

  • Ask louder
  • Change it to 'Which lunch option do the most students choose?'
  • Remove the question mark
  • Ask only people who agree with you
8

Before collecting data, what should you do first?

  • Start counting immediately
  • Write a clear question and plan who to ask
  • Draw a graph
  • Open a computer