1MA0 Higher June 2013 Paper 2 Q5
5 Mason is doing a survey to find out how many magazines people buy.
He uses this question on his questionnaire.
| How many magazines do you buy? | ||
| ☐ 0 to 4 | ☐ 4 to 8 | ☐ 8 to 12 |
(a) Write down two things wrong with this question. (2)
(b) Write a better question for Mason to use on his questionnaire to find out how many magazines people buy. (2)
Mason asks his friends at school to do his questionnaire.
This may not be a good sample to use.
(c) Give one reason why. (1)
| Answer | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Response boxes overlap and are not exhaustive | 2 | B2 for TWO aspects from: No time frame given Non-exhaustive responses Response boxes over-lapping (B1 for ONE correct aspect) |
| Answer | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| How many magazines do you buy each month? 0-4 5-8 over 8 | 2 | B1 for a question with a time frame B1 for at least 3 correctly labelled response boxes (non-overlapping, need not be exhaustive) or for a set of response boxes that are exhaustive (could be overlapping) [Do not allow inequalities in response boxes] |
| Answer | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| One reason | 1 | B1 for ONE reason Eg. All the same age, may all be males, may all like same types of magazines, sample too small, biased |