Question

You want to learn about the Ferris–wheel riding habits of people, so you ask those leaving a theme park, “How many times did you ride the Ferris wheel today?”

Is the question a statistical question? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

Yes

Explanation:

A statistical question is one that can be asked and expected to receive answers that may vary - in other words, where the data from each participant is different.

Here, the question is "How many times did you ride the Ferris wheel today?” Obviously, it's almost impossible that each person asked rode the Ferris wheel the same number of times. Some people may say "once", others may say "three times", and still others might not have ridden it at all.

Given the differences in all these answers, we can say that this IS a statistical question.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

A statistical question is a question that you can ask to collect data from and there will be a variety in the data as well.

If you ask people “How many times did you ride the Ferris wheel today?” when they're leaving the theme park, that amount is going to be unknown. You're collecting data from a variety of people saying how many times they rode the ferries wheel. That amount is going to vary because you don't how much each person actually rode on it.

Therefore, the question IS statistical.

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