Surveys, Data & Statistics

Collecting Data

http://www.singstat.gov.sg

http://data.worldbank.org/country/singapore

Survey

Surveys Questions

http://www.esurveyspro.com/article-reporting-survey-results.aspx

‘You wouldn’t want more homework would you?’

‘Do you exercise

regularly?’‘How many times do you bathe each

day?’

‘Who is the best and tallest teacher at

school?’

‘Do you think the trains in Singapore are fast or

slow?’

Reporting Results Introduce your research & its objectives

Explain how you collected the data

Describe your findings

Summarise, make recommendations,

conclusions…

(http://www.esurveyspro.com/article-reporting-survey-results.aspx)

Techniques for Presenting Data

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/create-a-chart-HP001233728.aspx

Explain the data axes

Highlight subsets of data

Dig deeper to unwrap data

Place labels close to data points

Complement data with energetic delivery!

(Andrew Dlugen, Six Minutes: Speaking and Presentation Skills)http://sixminutes.dlugan.com