Statistical Questions

Select the phrase that completes the statistical question.

What is_______________?

• Your age

• the population of New York City?

• a rhombus with four right angles?

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Select the phrase that completes the statistical question.

When did_______________?

• school start today?

• you wake up this morning?

• the first person climb to the top of Mount Everest?

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Select all the questions that are statistical questions.

• What planet do you live on?

• How many siblings do you have?

• At what temperature does water boil?

• What is your preferred mode of transportation?

• How many letters are in the English alphabet?

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Select all of the statistical questions.

• What is your favorite season?

• What is the sum of 32 and 89?

• How many siblings do you have?

• How many angles are in a pentagon?

• How many hours did you sleep last night?

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Which question or questions below are statistical questions:

A. In which month were you born?

B. Have you traveled outside of the United States?

• only question A, because statistical questions should have more than 2 possible answers.

• only question B, because statistical questions often only have yes or no as possible answers.

• neither A nor B, because neither question has answers that are expected to be numbers.

• Both A and B, because both questions have expected answers that are different depending on who is asked.

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Fayth asks her classmates the 2 questions shown below. Select all the true statements.

A. How many ounces are in one pound?

B. How many centimeters are in one meter?

How many books did you read this past year?

• A is a statistical question

• B is a statistical question

• C is a statistical question

• Statistical questions are expected to have answers that vary.

• Statistical questions are expected to have answers that are numbers.

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What kind of question assumes variability in the data?

• qualitative question

• quantitative question

• statistical question

• survey question

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Fill in the blank to make a statistical question.

What is the name of______________?

• your hometown?

• the smallest state?

• the largest city in Florida?

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Fill in the blank to make a non-statistical question.

What is the name of______________?

• your governor?

• Florida's governor?

• the most beautiful state?

What is a requirement for a statistical question?

• It must be used on a survey.

• It must ask for numerical data.

• It must account for variation in the data.

• It must ask for data that can be used to find the mean or median.

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