Investigating Data and Statistical Reasoning

Is this a statistical question: How many cars are in each driveway on your street?

• Yes

• No

How many hours per day does each member of the class spend playing video games?

• Statistical

• Non-Statistical

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How many siblings do each student have?

• Statistical

• Non Statistical

the science of collecting, analyzing, interpreting, presenting, and organizing data to understand patterns, make predictions, and draw meaningful conclusions about a population or phenomenon

• Approximate

• Statistics

• Correlation

• Deterministic

A group of students was asked, “How many children are in your family?”
The responses are displayed in the dot plot.

1. 2. What percentage of the students have more than one child in the family?
   

a data point showing the relationship between two variables

• Bivariate Data

• Outlier

• Approximate

• Correlation

a graph of plotted data points that show the relationship between two variables

• Bivariate Data

• Line of Best Fit

• Scatter Plot

• Linear Model

a straight line that shows the trend of the given scattered data points on a graph. The slope of the line is used to predict the behavior of data and show progression. There should be an equal amount of points both above and below the line.

• Bivariate Data

• Line of Best Fit

• Scatter Plot

• Linear Model

a mutual relationship among the data points; can be positive, negative, or no correlation

• Correlation

• Statistics

• Approximate

• Linear Model

a relationship between two variables in which an increase in the value of one variable is associated with an increase in the value of the other, indicating an upward trend or pattern

• Negative Correlation

• Positive Correlation

• Strong Correlation

• Weak Correlation