Module 4 (4.0 case study questions)

4.0 DATA HANDLING


Case study
Read the case study from the ICT text Pg 66 and answer the following questions.

1. How could Mussie and Ellie find out whether older people do more of charity than younger people?
Search on google like this: “older people do more of charity than younger people” than you will find out

2. Why does Mussie think that these data prove him right?Why might Ellie think that these data do not prove him right?
Mussie think the data is right because the data is from carity web site but Ellie think the data could be wrong because it’s just from one web site.

3. What questions should they ask?
The data is only 2006s, so she have to ask for how about now?? 2010

4. How many questionnaires should they hand out? Who do you think should fill in their questionnaire?
You can ask to charities and also parent or classmates
5. Which software could Mussie and Ellie use to put the answers into the computer? How can they check that the data are correct? How could they reduce the number of errors in the data? What problems might there be if the data was typed incorrectly?
Copy the data from the web site and put it onto MS Excel and you can double check if write something incorrect.

6. What is the best way for Ellie and Mussie to present their results?
Print out the data and read