Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6
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1. Introduction to Statistics
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Exercise 16 Page 417

When can a question be called a statistical question?

No, 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.

At what temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit) does water freeze?

There is only one temperature at what water freezes, 32^(∘)F. This means we get a single answer to that question, so this is not a statistical question.