Envision Math 2.0: Grade 6, Volume 2
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Exercise 3 Page 504

What makes a question 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 response but rather a range of responses.

In other words, when we ask this type of question, we want to know the distribution or tendency of responses. Let's take a look at the given question.

How many passengers travel on each of the Green, Blue, Red, and Orange Lines of the subway system each day?

We would likely get a variety of answers to the question because the number of passengers traveling on each line will naturally vary between the days of the week. This means that this is a statistical question.