Skills Lesson: Contrasting Observations or Objects Answers

Bruce believes that male students in his physics course spend more time working on homework than female students. His teacher and classmates are skeptical, so they asked him for proof. Which of the following would be the best way for Bruce to prove his point?a.Survey the class over a week’s time, asking if they did or did not work on physics homeworkb.Make a class data table, and ask the class to record hours spent on homework each day when they enter the classroomc.Have students record homework time in a class data table every day, tally up the time, and make a bar graph contrasting male and female homework timesd.Ask students to estimate hours spent on homework for the first semester, and tally up the time for males and females

Blizzards and hurricanes are examples of contrasting observable events.

Which of the following makes data analysis easier?a.Identifying contrasting objects or eventsb.Listing characteristics of contrasting objects or eventsc.Researching information about contrasting objects or eventsd.Organizing contrasting observations into a table, chart, or graph

Compiling data into a table is not a useful method for distinguishing between contrasting observations.