Question

In late spring, a team of students began conducting an investigation about the flower preferences of bees. They counted the number of bees that visited each of four kinds of wildflower in two hours, and produced the following table. Plant Species Number of Bees Visiting in Two Hours Dandelion 13 Indian paintbrush 8 Queen Anne’s lace 20 Thistle 29 The team planned to plot the data in a multiple line graph to compare the number of bees that visited each flower. Which statement best describes the data in this investigation?

A. The data would be more accurate if she carried out all the observations in one day so weather conditions would be constant.
B. The data would be more valid if she made the observations daily for two months.
C. The data she collected is inaccurate because the investigation is not repeatable.
D. The data she collected cannot be plotted in a line graph because it is qualitative.

Answer 1

B. The data would be more valid if she made the observations daily for two months.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can this conclusion because a typical line graph is used to make a visual representation of data over a period of time like within a month or two.

Hence, by just simply using two hours in their experiment, the data points would not be considered sufficient to reach a conclusion, however, if she made the observations daily for two months, then the data would be more valid as the data points would have a good spread on a multiple line graph.