Question

1 indicate whether each of the following two questions is a statistical question. explain why or why not.
a. how much does susans dog weigh?
b. how much do the dogs belonging to students at our school weigh?

1. if you collected data on the weights of dogs, would the data be numerical or categorical? numerical or categorical

Explanation:

1. a. Not a statistical question: A statistical question has variability in the data related to it. The weight of Susan's dog is a single - valued quantity with no variability. There is one specific answer for how much her dog weighs.

b. Statistical question: There are multiple dogs belonging to students at the school. The weights of these different dogs will vary. We would need to collect data from multiple dogs to answer this question, and the data will have a distribution, which is characteristic of a statistical question.

1. Weight is a numerical quantity. It is measured in units like kilograms or pounds. So, data on the weights of dogs would be numerical data.

Answer:

1. a. Not a statistical question.

b. Statistical question.

1. Numerical.