Finding Statistical Questions

Jadarius asked students at his school their favorite subject. The students’ responses are in the table below. Based on the information in the table, which statement is true?

• More than half of the students chose science or social studies.

• More students chose math than social studies

• More than 50% of the students chose language arts or science

• All students chose math

Key'Erica asked people in the food court at Ridgeland mall what type of food they purchased. The results are in the table below. Based on the information in the table, which statement is true?

• More than 50% of the people purchased a hamburger or sub sandwich

• Less than 20% of the people purchased a hamburger

• More people purchased fried rice than chicken

• No one chose other

The graph below shows the average number of hours students in a 7th grade class read each day last week. Based on the graph, on which two days combined did students read the most?

• Sunday and Wednesday

• Tuesday and Thursday

• Friday and Saturday

• Monday and Tuesday

Which is a better statistical question to ask your classmates if you are

interested in finding out which movies 7th graders enjoy watching? Explain.

• What is the most recent movie you saw?

• What are three of your favorite movies?

Which statistical question would result in more variability? Explain.

• Do you own a scooter and/or bicycle?

• About how many hours per week do you participate in sports?

Aidan asked 50 students at his school the number of pets they own. The results are in the table below. Based on the table, which statement is true?

• Most students own 2 or more pets

• Most students own fewer than 2 pets

• About 27% of the students on 1 pet

• Every students owns a pet

The chart below shows monthly average temperatures for two cities. Which month has the greatest difference in average temperatures between the two cities?

• June

• July

• August

• September

What is the interquartile range (IQR)?

• 4

• 64

• 60

• 8

Is the following question statistical or non-statistical? 
What are 6th graders' favorite flavors of ice cream? 

• Statistical

• Non-statistical 

What are things that are true about statistical questions?

• They have more than one answer (variance)

• We need to collect data

• They have only numbers for answers

• They have only one answer