Finding Statistical Questions
Each worksheet has 20 problems determining if a question is a statistical question or not.
Student Objectives
- Decide whether a question needs data from a group of people or things to answer it.
- Tell the difference between questions with one fixed answer and questions that can have many different answers.
- Look for clues that a question expects variation, like asking about a population, a sample, or a range of results.
- Explain why a question is or is not statistical using simple reasoning.
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