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QUESTION 1: UNDERSTANDING DATA
1.1. Identify the population and sample in this study. Support your answer with reference to the
Eastern Cape context.
Population: All Intermediate Phase teachers within the specific district of the Eastern Cape
where the workshop was held.
Sample: The group of teachers who actually attended the professional development workshop
and provided the data shown in the table (19 participants in total).
Support/Context: In the Eastern Cape context, the population represents the broader
professional community of educators in that district, while the sample is a specific subset of
those teachers who were present and participated in the data collection at that moment.
1.2. Identify the three variables in the dataset and describe what each represents.
Distance (km): Represents the travel distance between a teacher's place of residence and their
workplace (school).
Coins: Represents the physical count of coins each teacher had in their possession at the time
of the workshop.
Favourite colour: Represents the subjective visual preference or choice of colour for each
individual participant.
1.3. For each variable, classify it as:
Variable Qualitative/Quantitative Categorical/Numerical Justification
The data consists of numbers
Distance Quantitative Numerical (e.g., 7, 15, 20) that result from
measuring a physical quantity.
The data represents a count of
Coins Quantitative Numerical objects (0, 4, 11) and can be used
for mathematical calculations.
The data consists of non-numeric
Favourite
Qualitative Categorical descriptors (black, blue, red) that
Colour
describe a quality or attribute.
QUESTION 1: UNDERSTANDING DATA
1.1. Identify the population and sample in this study. Support your answer with reference to the
Eastern Cape context.
Population: All Intermediate Phase teachers within the specific district of the Eastern Cape
where the workshop was held.
Sample: The group of teachers who actually attended the professional development workshop
and provided the data shown in the table (19 participants in total).
Support/Context: In the Eastern Cape context, the population represents the broader
professional community of educators in that district, while the sample is a specific subset of
those teachers who were present and participated in the data collection at that moment.
1.2. Identify the three variables in the dataset and describe what each represents.
Distance (km): Represents the travel distance between a teacher's place of residence and their
workplace (school).
Coins: Represents the physical count of coins each teacher had in their possession at the time
of the workshop.
Favourite colour: Represents the subjective visual preference or choice of colour for each
individual participant.
1.3. For each variable, classify it as:
Variable Qualitative/Quantitative Categorical/Numerical Justification
The data consists of numbers
Distance Quantitative Numerical (e.g., 7, 15, 20) that result from
measuring a physical quantity.
The data represents a count of
Coins Quantitative Numerical objects (0, 4, 11) and can be used
for mathematical calculations.
The data consists of non-numeric
Favourite
Qualitative Categorical descriptors (black, blue, red) that
Colour
describe a quality or attribute.
