Question

Describe how a statistical question yields an answer with variability. Give a example.

Answer 1

Statistics is not an exact science, meaning that with any answer, there will be variance. This is because the sample size used to obtain values is always smaller than the population being studied.

Answer 2

Explanation:

A question with variability is a question that does NOT have one definitive answer. Instead, it has a range of different answers.

A statistical question is one that can be answered by collecting data. By nature, there will be variability in that data, because no two people will necessarily respond the same way.

An example of a statistical question would be asking a classroom of students how many hours they studied that week. After collecting the data, there will be multiple answers instead of just one.