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Student Voices: Which Questions Are Statistical?

Identify statistical questions in a school newspaper survey by considering whose answers are collected and whether variation is expected.

Grade 6MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to6.SP.A.1

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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 6
Subject
Math
Question types
Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students recognize statistical questions as questions whose answers are expected to vary.
  • Students distinguish expected variation from a single unknown fact.
  • Students choose revisions that make survey questions statistical.

How to use

Use during an introduction to statistical questions. Have students identify whose answers would be collected and what could vary before comparing responses.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

6.SP.A.1

Recognize a statistical question as one whose answers are expected to vary.

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Student Voices: Which Questions Are Statistical?

Review survey questions for a school newspaper.

Screen the Survey

A statistical question anticipates variation in data collected from a group or across occasions. A single unknown fact is not enough. Read each question as written.

1.
The school newspaper wants to report students' opinions. Which question is statistical?
  • A. Which student is the newspaper's current editor?
  • B. What is the title printed on this month's newspaper?
  • C. Which school issue does each sixth grader want covered?
  • D. How many pages are in this month's newspaper?
2.
Classify these proposed questions for an article about student opinions.
How does each student in the grade rate the current homework policy?What rating did Lena give the homework policy on her submitted form?How many answer choices are printed on the homework-policy survey?Which homework-policy change does each student in the grade prefer?
StatisticalNot statistical
3.
A reporter asks, “What is the exact number of students enrolled at our school today?” The reporter does not know the answer. Why is this not a statistical question as written?
  • A. It concerns the whole school rather than just sixth graders.
  • B. It seeks one enrollment total, not data with expected variation.
  • C. It asks for a number rather than a student's written opinion.
  • D. It becomes statistical only after the reporter learns the total.

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