Question

a definition of a statistical question is given below.
statistical question:
any question whose answer could involve working with more than one data value.
in each situation below, determine whether the question is a statistical question.

situation	statistical question?
(b) isabel asked one of the girls on her team, \how much money did you save last month?\	∘ yes ∘ no
(c) mrs. hayes asked one of her students, \how many books did you read last month?\	∘ yes ∘ no
(d) aldo asked seventy students at his school, \what is the distance (in miles) from your house to school?\	∘ yes ∘ no
(e) brian asked one of his classmates, \what is the number of sports that you play?\	∘ yes ∘ no

Explanation:

• Situation (a): Mr. Young asked his students (plural), so there will be multiple data values (each student's word - count).
• Situation (b): Isabel asked one girl. There is only one data value (the amount of money that one girl saved).
• Situation (c): Mrs. Hayes asked one student. There is only one data value (the number of books that one student read).
• Situation (d): Aldo asked seventy students. There will be multiple data values (the distance from each of the seventy students' houses to school).
• Situation (e): Brian asked one classmate. There is only one data value (the number of sports that one classmate plays).

Answer:

(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) No
(d) Yes
(e) No