A definition of a statistical question is given below.
Statistical question:
Any question whose answer could involve working with more than one data value.
In each situation below, determine whether the question is a statistical question.
Situation Statistical question?
(a) Mr. Richardson asked his students, "What is the distance (in miles) from your house to school?"
Yes No
(b) Jessica asked one of the girls on her team, "How many words did you type yesterday?"
Yes No
(c) Mrs. Moore asked one of her students, "How many books did you read last month?"
Yes No
(d) Shen asked seventy students at his school, "What is the number of sports that you play?"
Yes No
(e) Ravi asked one of his classmates, "How much money did you save last month?"
Yes No