Statistical questions, step by step
“How old is the oldest student in my class?” has one answer.
The question
Which one is a statistical question?
Is it a statistical question?
same answer every time→not statistical
a different answer each time→statistical
find the one that VARIES
What does a loaf of bread cost at the stores in town?
- Try each one out loud and ask: would I get the SAME answer every time, or a different one each time I asked?
- Three of these have a single answer. One gives a different answer each time.
- What does a loaf of bread cost at the stores in town? — the stores in town charge different prices; the others have one answer each.
How it works.
- 01
Try each one out loud and ask: would I get the SAME answer every time, or a different one each time I asked?
- 02
Three of these have a single answer. One gives a different answer each time.
- 03
What does a loaf of bread cost at the stores in town? — the stores in town charge different prices; the others have one answer each.