1MA0 Higher June 2012 Paper 1 Q1
1 Sam wants to find out the types of film people like best.
He is going to ask whether they like comedy films or action films or science fiction films or musicals best.
(a) Design a suitable table for a data collection sheet he could use to collect this information. (2)
Sam collects his data by asking 10 students in his class at school.
This might not be a good way to find out the types of film people like best.
(b) Give one reason why. (1)
| Working | Answer | Mark | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | B2 for a table with all 3 aspects: Column/row heading ‘type of film’ or list of at least 3 film types Column/row heading ‘tally’ or tally marks (or key) Column/row heading ‘frequency’ or totals oe (B1 for a table with 2 of the 3 aspects) |
| Answer | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 for acceptable reason eg. all same age, sample too small, biased, same school |