Statistical Investigation | Pie Chart

LI: To plan and carry out a statistical investigation.

For our Maths task, we created a graph and pie chart giving information about LS2 students. There were three different parts to this task that we had to complete. They were the questions and answers, paper graphing and creating the pie chart.

First, we paired up with someone and thought about four questions where the answer could give more information about a person. For example,  'What is your favourite colour?' would be suitable question for this activity.

The questions my partner and I thought of were: 'What is your favourite season?', 'How many pets do you have?', 'What is your favourite subject?' and 'What is your favourite movie genre?'.

We then were given a piece of paper with 15 squares on it. Each square was divided into four pieces. My partner and I went around the classroom and asked people our four different questions. 

Once we were given answers to our questions, we wrote down the answer that person gave in one part of a divided square. We did this until all the squares were full.

After we collected the student answers, my partner and I chose one of our four questions to create a graph on. We chose 'What is your favourite season?'. We cut out each square and glued them on a large piece of paper to look like a graph.

Our graph results showed that ten out of fifteen people from LS2 had winter as their favourite season. Three out of fifteen people favour Autumn, one person out of fifteen people like Spring and one person out of fifteen people like Summer.

Before calculating and analying the results of our graph, I predicted that more people would like Summer and Spring. However, I was wrong and a majority of the people we asked liked Winter.

Finally, we examined and looked throw all of the data and information we collected using the answers that LS2 students had given us and converted it into a pie chart that clearly showed the results of our statistical investigation.

Underneath the pie chart, we gave a clear statement about our graph that talked about the results of our maths activity.

I really enjoyed this maths task and carrying out this statistical investigation. It was a great opportunity to use different mathematical skills in order to get to know others and challenge my ability to collect data.