Turn Categories into Counts

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil; answers may also be spoken or typed.
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Learn the idea

A categorical table records choices as labels. Counting each label produces a summary. The summary should account for every record and should not include missing choices in a known category. In this exercise each supplied row is one fictional choice, not a real learner’s identity.

Count one occurrence per row of the requested label and keep unknown labels separate. Do not count the category heading as an additional record.

Use this supplied case: Fictional choice summary: circles=2, squares=3, unknown=1. How many circle choices are recorded? Use the details in this example. An adult may read the words aloud. Point, draw or say your answer.

1. Follow the worked example one step at a time. Say or draw what happens.
2. Count one occurrence per row of the requested label and keep unknown labels separate.
3. Say which detail makes the example answer fit. Pick another answer and say why it does not fit.
4. Try the question and practice questions. Read the rule again if your answer does not match the explanation.

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Take it further

Pretend record: circles 2, squares 3, unknown 2. Add one known square. Expected: circles 2, squares 4, unknown 2; known subtotal 6.

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