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Collecting data - EdexcelTwo-way tables

Many companies and organisations collect data to improve their information and products. Skills in collecting data can make this process more efficient and reliable.

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Two-way tables

that is collected can often be from more than one category. For example, data collected on children at a primary school may include their gender as one category and their year group as another. Two-way tables are a way of sorting data so that the frequency of each category can be seen quickly and easily.

For example, 20 people are questioned about whether they have a pet or not. The results can be seen in this two-way table.

From the table, it can be seen that there were 9 girls and 11 boys questioned. 4 girls owned pets and 5 girls did not. 9 boys owned pets and 2 boys did not.

Owns a petDoes not own a petTotal
Boys9211
Girls459
Total13720
Boys
Owns a pet9
Does not own a pet2
Total11
Girls
Owns a pet4
Does not own a pet5
Total9
Total
Owns a pet13
Does not own a pet7
Total20