Skills Lesson: Interpreting Observations Answers

Collin is conducting a study about chimpanzee communication methods. Which of the following note excerpts from his recent trip to the zoo would be good to include in his study?

Katy works at a pet store, and is in charge of tracking the cat food supply for the morning, afternoon, and evening shifts. There are currently six cats at their store, and each cat had full food bowls during the morning and afternoon shifts, throughout the entire shift. Each day, the evening shift person replenished the food bowls at the end of their shift. What is the pattern Katy could note from this data?

When making observations, you should provide a general description of the subject, rather than going into too much detail.

When observing a group of children at a daycare center, Emily made the following observations:Five year old children played in one location during independent play time. Three year old children moved between different activities, rather than staying in one location.By analyzing Emily’s observations, what could be a valid conclusion?

Observational data is easier to analyze and interpret when it is organized into tables, charts, or graphs.