Worked example
A researcher asks which region produced more wheat altogether. Which measure answers that question?
Answer & why
Answer: the total amount
The question is about overall production, not population-adjusted output.
Grade 10 · Social studies
Distinguish totals, shares and per-person measures
Choose a measure suited to a historical or geographic comparison and avoid treating totals as individual experience.
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Question 1
A researcher asks to compare total output after adjusting for different population sizes. Which measure fits?
- an amount per person
- individual outcomes are not established
- the total amount
- a percentage share
A hint
State whether the question asks for total size, a proportion or an amount per person.
Answer & why
Answer: an amount per person
Dividing output by population supplies a per-person comparison.
Question 2
A city’s mean income is known, but no distribution is supplied. Can each resident’s exact income be inferred?
- an amount per person
- the total amount
- individual outcomes are not established
- a percentage share
A hint
State whether the question asks for total size, a proportion or an amount per person.
Answer & why
Answer: individual outcomes are not established
A mean does not determine every individual value.
Question 3
A researcher asks what percentage of exports are textiles. Which measure fits?
- individual outcomes are not established
- the total amount
- an amount per person
- a percentage share
A hint
State whether the question asks for total size, a proportion or an amount per person.
Answer & why
Answer: a percentage share
Textile exports are the part, and total exports are the whole.
Question 4
A researcher asks how many books a country printed in total during a year. Which measure fits?
- an amount per person
- individual outcomes are not established
- the total amount
- a percentage share
A hint
State whether the question asks for total size, a proportion or an amount per person.
Answer & why
Answer: the total amount
A total count answers the question directly.
Question 5
A researcher asks which region produced more wheat altogether. Which measure answers that question?
- a percentage share
- an amount per person
- individual outcomes are not established
- the total amount
A hint
State whether the question asks for total size, a proportion or an amount per person.
Answer & why
Answer: the total amount
The question is about overall production, not population-adjusted output.
Question 6
A researcher asks what proportion of a town’s residents work in manufacturing. Which measure fits?
- an amount per person
- the total amount
- individual outcomes are not established
- a percentage share
A hint
State whether the question asks for total size, a proportion or an amount per person.
Answer & why
Answer: a percentage share
Manufacturing workers divided by residents can express the requested share.