Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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1. Introduction to Statistics
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Exercise 3 Page 414

When can a question be called a statistical question?

Yes, see solution.

Let's remember when a question can be called a statistical question.

Statistical Question

A question for which we do not expect to get a single answer but rather a variety of answers

In other words, when we ask this type of question, we want to know what the distribution or tendency of answers is. Now let's take a look at the given question.

How much do virtual-reality headsets cost?

There are multiple types of virtual-reality headsets of different prices so we would get a variety of answers to that question. Then we could, for example, describe the tendency of answers to see what the average cost of a virtual-reality headset is. This means that this is a statistical question.