8.1 Lesson Quiz

8.1 Lesson Quiz

Multiple Choice

Which question is NOT a statistical question?

• How much rainfall was there each month last year?

• What is the height of each tomato plant in the garden?

• How many hours a week do students spend playing video games?

• What did Micah eat for lunch yesterday?

Multiple Select

Which of these are statistical questions that you could ask to gather data on the types of transportation to school?

HINT: There are 2 answers!

• Does Thomas ride the bus to school?

• How do students in sixth grade get to school?

• How many miles do you travel to and from school each day?

• What is the height of a school bus?

• Do any students own bicycles?

Multiple Choice

Which data are represented by this dot plot?

• 2, 4, 0, 2, 4, 6, 3, 0, 7, 1, 2, 7, 8, 1, 1

• 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7

• 0, 2, 3, 0, 2, 4, 4, 5, 7, 8, 7, 2, 0, 2, 7

• 1, 2, 6, 4, 6, 7, 7, 2, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1

Multiple Select

Mitch made a dot plot of the number of hours that students in his grade spent this week watching television.

Select the statements that are TRUE. (There are 2!)

• A typical student from this group spends more than 10 hours watching television each week.

• More students watch 3 hours of television than watch more than 3 hours of television.

• All students watch 20 or fewer hours of television each week.

• The most common answer for the number of hours that a student watches per week was 3.

Multiple Choice

Pick the question that IS a statistical question.

• Question 1: How many days per week do you practice your instrument?

• Question 2: How many times will our band perform this year?