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Zoe is doing a survey to find the time her classmates spend playing video games. She asks the following question:

Which student spends the most time playing video games?

Part A: Describe the data you would expect her to collect from this question.

Part B: Explain whether this is a statistical question. If this is not a statistical question, then modify the question to make it statistical.
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Part A: The data that Zoe would expect to collect from this question is the amount of time each student spends playing video games. She could collect this data by asking each student how many hours per week they spend playing video games.

Part B: This is not a statistical question because it is asking for a specific answer. A statistical question would be asking for a distribution of the data, such as the average amount of time students spend playing video games or the range of times students spend playing video games.

To make this question statistical, Zoe could ask the following question:

How much time do students in my class spend playing video games per week?

This question is statistical because it is asking for a distribution of the data. Zoe could then collect the data and use it to create a histogram or other graph to show the distribution of the data.

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