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Cigarettes and Tobacco Worksheet [TimeWeb]

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Lie-detecting: Worksheet

In order to tackle this worksheet activity, you'll need to go to the TimeWeb sample data and access the following series from:

  • LUQNAU - Home consumption UK produced cigarettes (millions)
  • LUQOAU - Home consumption UK imported cigarettes (millions)
  • LUQPAU - Home consumption UK Total cigarettes (millions)
  • LUQRAU - Home consumption UK rolling tobacco (000s kg)

Now try the following questions:

Q1. Why should UK health organisations be wary of these data?
(Select one answer)

(a) * Because they are invariably wrong.
(b) * Because they hide the true position of UK tobacco consumption.
(c) * Because they do not take account of the large number of cigarettes bought abroad for consumption in the UK.


Q2. How could you use the chart type selected to show the movement of the data over time?
(Select one answer)

(a) * Use one of the charts for every year in the time series.
(b) * Produce a single component bar chart with every year's observation included.
(c) * Create a line graph to record movements in the three variables over time.


Q3. Quantify the changes that have occurred in the UK market supply of cigarettes, 1994 - 2000.
(Select one or more answers)

(a) * The total market supply has shrunk by nearly 36000 million cigarettes.
(b) * The market has remained steady.
(c) * Total market supply has declined by 38 %.


Q4. What is the relationship between the three series on the supply of cigarettes to the UK market (LUQP/LUQN/LUQO)?
(Select one answer)

(a) * LUQP - LUQN
(b) * LUQP
(c) * LUQP + LUQN


Q5. Which of the following charts would you choose to represent the data in LUQP/LUQN/LUQO?
(Select one or more answers)

(a) * A pie chart.
(b) * A cumulative frequency chart.
(c) * A component bar chart.
(d) * A percentage component bar chart.


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Submitted by ahargrave on Mon, 11/02/2002 - 13:00