How it works
A statistical question has answers that can differ.
'How many pets do the kids in Grade 6 have?' will have many different answers.
'How many minutes did Ava do homework on Monday?' has just one answer, so it is not a statistical question.
Worked examples
One answer
- How many minutes of homework did Ava do on Monday?
- There is only one answer.
- It's not statistical.
Many answers
- How many pets do the kids in Grade 6 have?
- Each kid may have a different number.
- It's statistical.
Choose
- Which question expects different answers: 'How tall is Max?' or 'How tall are the students in our class?'
- The second asks about a group.
- The second is statistical.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- Is “How many pages are in our quiz?” a statistical question?
- Five kids gave their heights in inches. Is “How tall are the kids in our class?” a statistical question?
- Five kids answered “How many pets do you have?” Which plot shows answers that are not all the same?