Mean and Statistical Questions

What is a requirement of a statistical question?

• one set answer

• a variety of answers

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How many siblings does each student have?

• Statistical

• Non Statistical

Find the mean of the numbers below:

1, 8, 7, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6

• 5

• 5.5

• 6

• 6.5

Is the following a statistical question? In what month were the students in the sixth-grade class born.

• Yes

• No

Calculate the mean.

• 7

• 5

• 8

• 4

What is another word for AVERAGE?

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

• Not nice

What is the mean of the data set:

• 8.5

• 8.9

• 9

• 9.1

Find the mean of this set of numbers:
10, 10, 7, 12, 11

• 10

• 7

• 12

• 11

Is the following question statistical or non-statistical?
You ask all 6th graders in your school, "How many hours of television did you watch this week?"

• Statistical question

• Non-Statistical question

Is the following question statistical or non-statistical?
You ask people in an airport, "How many states have you visited?"

• Statistical Question

• Non-Statistical question