Question

Which of the following activities are examples of data gathering?
A) Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor
B) Making a pie chart showing the kinds of television sets owned by people in a sample of 1,000
C) Finding the mean weight of cancer patients in a study
D) Using the results of a mathematical model to predict the next day's weather

Answer 1

Correct option

B) Making a pie chart showing the kinds of television sets owned by people in a sample of 1,000

Answer 2

a) counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor

d) using the results of a mathematical model to predict the next day’s weather explanation to the answer is that counting the votes will declare the result on next governor and also give how many votes were casted.

In case of b) it is the activity which is to be done daily and make mathematical calculations. Therefore, it is the example of data gathering.