Statistics

Statistical vs Nonstatistical

By Jason Guion-Brooks

Data

information collected about people or things​

Statistical Data: uses numbers to ​describe things that can be measured

ex. heights of everyone in the classroom​

Variability

description of the difference among the items in a set​, and a statistical variability uses numbers to measure that difference.

AKA- Range, quartiles, percentiles

Statistical Questions

has a variety of numerical answers​

ex. "How many times did the students in my class use the internet last week?" statistical

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Nonstatistical Questions

Has only one numerical answer

Does not have any numerical answers

"How many students used the internet last week?" not statistical ​​
Do you have a pet? not statistical

Poll

Did you go on vacation this summer?

• Statistical

• Nonstatistical

Multiple Choice

How high is the temperature each day in the month of June?

• statistical

• nonstatistical

Multiple Select

Which of the following are statistical questions?

• What is the age of each female teacher at your school?

• How many boxes of cookies did each Girl Scout member sell?

• What is your favorite subject in school?

• How many points does each player in the league have for the season?

Multiple Choice

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How many 3rd graders got the question, 'What is 4 x 5?' wrong on this year's state test compared to last year?

• Statistical

• Non statistical

Multiple Choice

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

What is Sasha's favorite movie?

• Statistical
• Non Statistical

Multiple Choice

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How many miles do you travel to school?

• Statistical

• Non Statistical

Multiple Choice

Statistical questions have _____ possible answers.

• zero

• one

• only two

• two or more

Multiple Choice

How many students was recorded on this histogram?

• 43

• 4

• 60

• 15

Multiple Choice

How many pieces of data are shown on this dot plot?

• 5

• 17

• 2

Multiple Choice

Which interval contained the fewest scores?

• 0-9

• 50-59

• both 0-9 and 50-59

• 10-19

Multiple Choice

What is the range of the data?

• 80

• 10

• 70

• 40

• 30

Multiple Choice

What percent of students read between 280 and 340 words per minute (wpm)?

• 100%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Multiple Choice

What interval size was used when creating this histogram?

• 5

• 10

• 11

• 9

Multiple Choice

The information that is collected from an experiment, study, or survey

• frequency

• categorical data

• experiment

• data

Multiple Choice

A method for collecting information by asking one or more questions.

• population

• experiment

• survey

• categorical data

Multiple Choice

Mary read six books in January, four books in February, and eight books in March. What was the mean number of books read each month? __________

• 18

• 6

• 14

Multiple Choice

The number of miles that Kiki cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown: 
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31 
What is the median number of miles Kiki cycled?

• 24
• 36
• 39
• 52

Multiple Choice

Lizzy had test scores of:   72, 94, 108, 60
What is the RANGE of her test scores?

• 12
• 72
• 48
• 98

Multiple Choice

What is the RANGE of this data

• 40
• 95
• 90
• 100