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Which of the following activities are examples of data gathering?

Q: Which of the following activities are examples of data gathering?

Option A) "Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor" is the only one where data gathering is done. In all other options, data is already collected and now analyzing of data is going on.

Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor
Making a pie chart showing the kinds of television sets owned by people in a sample of 1,000
Finding the mean weight of cancer patients in a study
Using the results of a mathematical model to predict the next day's weather

Correct Answer: Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor

Explanation:

Option A) "Counting the votes in an election to determine the next governor" is the only one where data gathering is done.

In all other options, data is already collected and now analyzing of data is going on.

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