Robin did a survey to find the average height of the students in his class. He asked the following question:What is the height of the tallest student in the class?Is Robin's question a statistical question, and why or why not? (1 point)Yes, because it asks a question that can be answered correctlyYes, because it anticipates variability in students' heightsNo, because it does not ask a question that can be answered correctlyNo, because it does not anticipate variability in students' heights
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Robin did a survey to find the average height of the students in his class. He asked the following question:What is the height of the tallest student in the class?Is Robin's question a statistical question, and why or why not? (1 point)Yes, because it asks a question that can be answered correctlyYes, because it anticipates variability in students' heightsNo, because it does not ask a question that can be answered correctlyNo, because it does not anticipate variability in students' heights
Solution
No, because it does not anticipate variability in students' heights.
Robin's question is not a statistical question because it does not anticipate or account for variability in the data. A statistical question is one that can be answered by collecting data and where there will be variability in that data. In this case, Robin is asking for a specific, singular piece of data - the height of the tallest student. This does not account for the range of heights in the class, and therefore is not a statistical question.
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