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 many minutes are in your lunch period?
There is only one correct number of minutes in our lunch period so we would get a single answer to that question. This means that this is not a statistical question.
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How to Change This Question So That It Is statistical?
We can rewrite the given question to get a statistical question. To do so, we can ask about the number of minutes in a lunch period at different schools.
How many minutes are in a lunch period in each school in the county?
Now we get multiple answers because the length of a lunch period might vary between the schools. Therefore, this is a statistical question.
