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I'm confused how to use statistical questions for the first one I have is what is your favorite food for the second one is what is your favorite color of the sixth grade students at your school and then number 3 is what is the height of the Empire State Building and I'm confused on that

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Answer:

1. No

2. Yes

3. No

Step-by-step explanation:

Statistical questions are questions that require statistical data to solve.

It will require collecting data from various samples and analyzing.

From the given options, let us identify the statistical and non-statistical questions.

1. what is your favorite food?

This is not a statistical question because it does need collecting any data it is a personal question and Non-statistical.

2. what is your favorite color of the sixth-grade students at your school?

This is a statistical question because it would involve collecting data samples from various sixth-grade students at your school and analyzing such data. So, it is a Statistical question.

3. what is the height of the Empire State Building?

There is only one empire state building, therefore it is a direct question that has a specific answer and does not require statistical data to solve. So, it is not a statistical question.

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