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2 Statistics: tally charts and frequency tables
2 Stage 3 learners cannot agree about which sport is the
most popular in their class, so they do a survey to find out.
Santilla writes her data as a tally chart. Rose writes her data
in a frequency table.
Santilla’s tally chart Rose’s frequency table
Sport Tally Sport Frequency
cricket cricket 9
football football 14
basketball basketball 9
swimming swimming 12
running running 6
Discuss with a partner how the two tables are different.
Do they both record the same data?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each table?
a Which sport is liked the most?
b Which two sports are liked by the same number of people?
c How many people took part in the survey?
d Write two things that the data does not tell you.
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