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player scored each game for one week
is recorded" Which is a not a statisticat
question for the situation?
What is the great8$it number of points
the basketbell player scored?
@ Wf,at is the least number of points the
basketball player scored?
Haw many paints did the basketball
ptayer score in the first gome of the
week?
(PJ How many total points did the basketball
player score uring the week?
Which rt a statistical questicn that could be
esfted aboutthe deta shawn in the tahle?
Tr-ail Length*
collection is recorded. Which is a not a
statistical question for the situation?
@ wnat is the length of the shortest
movie?
@ Wnat is the leng{h af th€ lcngest
movi€?
is rnore then 2 hours long?
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What ac,tors st6'r in the langest mcvie?
Students 8t Adeghflnn's school participate
in a recycli*E program for one ffionth. The
affount of peper that is recyclect €ach day
as wefl as the number ef students who
gerticlpated each clay is recorded. Which is
s fict a s{B-tis?ical qu€stion for the situation?
S O*whatday did the recycfing
prograrn begin? :

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@ What is the lenst arnount of paper
Armstead 2.34 recycled per day?
Oak 1.69
\{hat ls th* aYerage number 0f
students who participated each day?
@ What is the length sf the longest trail?
What is the greatest amount of
0 tn what state is the shortest trail? paper recycled per day?

G Who uses the trails?

@ How are the trails rrsed?

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5" :the crty tracked the a.maunt of waste that was fi- Th€ daiiy {*w tempsraturs is recorded far
recycled from ?S$$ tfi ?S07. Write a statlsticat a week Write a statistical.question about
qirestion about the situatic*. the situatiCIn. ,

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fre*ogniee $tatistisal Questions questrns.

A statistic*l quesson is a question about a set of dat* thet ean :?

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vary" To answer a siatistical question, you need to callect or .::

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tdentlfy thc stati$tisal qu*stiorre about Jack's homework tirne. i3

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.4. Hgl# ntany tir$es did -iack spend longer than an hour on hornework thiE
week?
statistical question, Jack is unlikely to do homework for the same urnount
oJ time each day, so the question asks about a set of data that can vary.
You coufd answer it with data about Jack's homework time fior a week.'

8. Hsw long dld Jack do hornewor.k today?

skti$tigal quesiion. lt asks about Jack's hornework time on
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sne day. lt does nsl refer to a set af data that varies.

Write a statistical question about your school,s cafeteria

, Think of what kind of data cauld vary in the situation. ln this situation, it rnight be rneilg
iterns,
: students, or aetivi$es.

iThess are both siatistic*l questions:

Llleg rngry$ldelg.Were itlhe c fou(lUae{odp.+rh_d_ay _ _

forlhe past two weeks?
What was'the greatest number of entrees served in one day in the cafeteria last month?

the $tatistisat question, Circle the letter sl the question"

How many people flew from New york to San Francisco yesterday?
How many people flew from New york to san Francisco each dalr this month?

How rnany sibfings does each of your cl**smate$ have?

How m#ny aibtings:does yorlr b,est friend have?: '
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a statistical qllistion you could ask in the situation-

H*nnatr recorded the temperature in her yard every fcr a weeh

n knaws his susres fsr time he bswled this year.

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