Question

Which question is a statistical question? A Which U.S. States have mountains?Which U.S. States have mountains? B Which mountain range do U.S. Citizens most enjoy visiting?Which mountain range do U.S. Citizens most enjoy visiting? C How many mountain ranges are in the U.S.?How many mountain ranges are in the U.S.? D How tall is the tallest mountain in the U.S.?

Answer 1

Answer: C. How many mountain ranges are in the U.S.

Step-by-step explanation:

A statistical question first of all has to have a quantitative response i.e., answers should be in numbers.

The only two questions here that would yield a numeric answer are options C and D.

Furthermore, a statistical question has variability in it which means that the answer is based on multiple observations not just one. The observations in option C are mountain ranges and as the question requires finding out details about multiple mountain ranges, this is a statistical question.

This is opposed to option D which addresses issues surrounding just one mountain.