Unit 6 End-Of-Unit Test Answers
Unit 6 End-Of-Unit Test Answers
Answers
The answers given here are examples. Usually there are alternative possible answers.
1 a Gender and estimates of masses of a range of items for each person. [2]
b It will enable you to look at ability to estimate heavy and light objects and relate
this to gender. [2]
c Give each person several objects to estimate the mass. Record gender and results
in a table or in a spreadsheet so that they can be processed. [2]
(1 mark for a partial answer in each section)
2 a People might not know their height and just guess. People might be embarrassed and
give an incorrect answer. [1]
b People might be wearing shoes with heels, in which case the height recorded will
be too large. [1]
c You might not make accurate or consistent guesses. [1]
3 Method 1: Yes, because longer words are usually harder to read than shorter words.
There could be bias if some articles are on a familiar subject and other articles are not.
Method 2: Yes, because longer articles require more concentration. There could be bias if
different readers are used because there is a difference between reading speed that is not
connected to ability to understand. [4]
(1 mark for a partial answer in each section)
[Total: 20 marks]
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