Lesson 2a.08
2a.08 Select and justify appropriate form of representation with regard to the nature of data Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Statistics, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Which diagram is most suitable for showing the relationship between two numerical variables?
- Pictogram
- Venn diagram
- Pie chart
- Scatter diagram
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Which representation is most suitable for grouped continuous data with equal class widths?
- Pie chart
- Venn diagram
- Histogram
- Pictogram
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A researcher wants to show how a market's total sales divide among four firms. Which representation is most suitable?
- Pie chart
- Scatter diagram
- Line graph
- Histogram
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Which type of graph is best for displaying monthly values over a single year?
- Time series line graph
- Box plot
- Scatter diagram
- Pie chart
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Which representation is best for grouped continuous heights?
- Pie chart
- Pictogram
- Histogram
- Bar chart
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When is a stem and leaf diagram most suitable?
- Categorical data
- Small data sets
- Millions of values
- Bivariate data
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Which representation best compares population age groups by sex?
- Scatter diagram
- Pie chart
- Population pyramid
- Time series
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Which table records counts for combinations of two categorical variables?
- Cumulative table
- Two-way table
- Tally chart
- Frequency table
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Which data set makes a histogram a poor choice?
- Grouped weights
- Continuous heights
- Exam marks
- Favourite colours
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Which representation best shows the spread and outliers of a numerical data set?
- Venn diagram
- Pictogram
- Pie chart
- Box plot
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Which diagram compares two distributions of exam scores side by side?
- Simple bar chart
- Single pictogram
- Single pie chart
- Parallel box plots
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A researcher wants to see how two sets of data overlap. Which representation is most suitable?
- Time series
- Histogram
- Venn diagram
- Pictogram
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A researcher wants to find how many finishers passed each time in a race. Which representation is most suitable?
- Cumulative frequency curve
- Venn diagram
- Pie chart
- Pictogram
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Why is a pie chart unsuitable for displaying thirty different categories?
- Data is numerical
- Too many slices
- Values are too small
- Slices must be equal
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Which representation makes category sizes easiest to compare?
- Venn diagram
- Bar chart
- Pictogram
- Pie chart
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Which representation is best for frequencies of discrete shoe sizes?
- Time series
- Scatter diagram
- Histogram
- Bar chart
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Which graph shows paired numerical data for sleep and test scores?
- Scatter diagram
- Pictogram
- Pie chart
- Bar chart
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Which graph type shows approximate counts rather than exact values using partial symbols?
- Bar chart
- Pictogram
- Pie chart
- Histogram
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A dataset has positive correlation and the researcher wants both the form and the strength shown together. Which representation fits?
- Pie chart
- Venn diagram
- Pictogram
- Scatter diagram
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Which representation is most suitable for showing the proportion of households owning each of three types of pet?
- Pie chart
- Time series
- Scatter diagram
- Histogram
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