Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Step Two - List Comparison - Example

This is an example of a comparison table to help put people from one or more lists into categories.  In this case there are two lists to be compared.  The categories list are down the left hand side, and the names of the lists are at the top. A comparison table like this can also be called a matrix.  Can you see how you could easily add another list of names on the right hand side for comparisons?
The categories on the lefthand side are ones that I have identified where a person from one list can be grouped with a person from the other list.
I have only used a few examples.  If you look at the mind map that you did earlier in the webquest, (an example is posted here on the blog) you will see other examples of categories that you may be able to use.


List Comparison Matrix
Comparing/Classifying

Australian of the Year Recipients
People on Australian Currency
Aboriginal
Lionel Rose
Neville Bonner

Explorer

Matthew Flinders
Royalty

Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Charles
Diana Princess of Wales
Humanitarian/
Entrepreneur
Dick Smith
Ian Kiernan

Sports
Sir Jack Brabham
Evonne Goolagong
Dawn Fraser
Jock Sturrock

Medical
Sir Edward Dunlop
Fiona Stanley

Sir Edward Dunlop
Armed Services
Sir Edward Dunlop
Sir Edward Dunlop
The Arts/Music
Robert Helpman

Scientific


Politician



Remember:  This is only an example.  You may choose to do this another way.  Remember to include all the people from both lists.  Do this task in your wiki first so that you can keep adding categories as you think of them.

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