Nelson Information Technology VCE Units 1 & 2

Apply your knowledge answers

Chapter 1: From data to information
The worlds population
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A chart that shows Australias population growth from 1990 to 2020.

Students select the first row of data that indicates the year and the third row of
data that shows the population figures for Australia. Students choose an
appropriate chart type (such as a line graph) and produce and format the chart.
Example chart below:

Australia's Population Growth

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Population 15
millions
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0
1990

2007

2020

Year

A chart that shows the estimated populations of the 20 countries in 2020.

Students select the first and last columns of data. Students choose an appropriate
chart type (such as a column graph) and produce and format the chart. Example
chart below:

Estimated populations 2020

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New Zealand

Liechtenstein

Italy

Belgium

Denmark

Spain

Austria

United States

Finland

Luxembourg

Japan

Switzerland

France

Sweden

Netherlands

Ireland

Canada

Iceland

Australia

Norway

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300
250
Population
200
millions
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100
50
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A chart that depicts each countrys population as a percentage of the total

population of these 20 countries in 2020.
Students must sum the population figures for the column 2020. Using this,
students should enter a formula to calculate the percentage of each countrys
population. Students should then select the first column of data and the
percentage column and choose an appropriate chart type (such as a pie graph) and
represent this data. The pie graph should be appropriately formatted. Example
chart below:

Population percentage of world's top 20

countries
1.40
0.71
1.08

0.00

0.60
7.69

0.66 3.02

0.05

4.72

Norway

0.65
2.18

1.23

Australia
Iceland

6.18

Canada

8.26
1.01

Ireland
Netherlands
Sweden

15.74

France
Switzerland

44.06

0.06
0.70

Japan
Luxembourg
Finland

Fixed telephone lines use

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Go to the UN data website at http://data.un.org/ and find the Information and

Communication Technology database. Select to view the data on Main (fixed)
telephone lines per 100 inhabitants.
Access the appropriate data on the website.

Filter the data to show number of users with fixed telephone lines in Australia
from 2000 to 2008.1
After filtering the UN data, students should have a data table with the years 2000
to 2008 and number of fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants.

Copy and paste this data into a spreadsheet program.

Please note that the textbook incorrectly instructs students to filter data to show the estimated Internet users in
Australia, which is a different link to the Main (fixed) telephone lines per 100 inhabitants.

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4 Create a column chart, a scatter diagram and a bubble chart that depict these
statistics.
Students should select all of the data in the table and produce a column chart,
scatter diagram and a bubble chart. Example column chart, scatter diagram and
bubble chart below:

Lines per 100 inhabitants

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2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

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1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
2000
1998
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44

46

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