Spending a penny in supermarkets
- What questions would you ask the people who carried out this
survey to be sure that it represented Aussie shoppers in an unbiased
manner?
- Since percentages are reported at the beginning of the article,
which of the three measures of average - mean, median or mode
- was used in the article? Why?
- Draw a pie chart or other graph to indicate the relative
popularity of days of the week for shopping.
- Draw a pie chart or other graph to show how people prefer
to pay for their groceries.
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