Question

getting to know you
lets work together to answer statistical questions to collect data and explore.
warm - up types of questions
use the four questions to make a group of two related questions. what property do the items in the group share that the others do not?
question a: how many potato chips are in this bag of chips?
question b: what is the typical number of chips in a bag of chips?
question c: what type of chips are these?
question d: what type of chips do students in this class prefer?
1 representing data about you and your classmates
your teacher will assign you a set of three questions.
1 write an additional question of interest that requires data collected from the class to answer.
2 for each of the four questions of interest, write a survey question that will help you collect data from the class that can be analyzed to answer the question of interest. ask the four survey questions to 15 classmates, and record their responses to collect data. then return to your group.

Explanation:

Step1: Answer question 1

A possible additional question could be "How many bags of chips does each student in the class eat per week?"

Step2: Answer question 2

• For "How many bags of chips does each student in the class eat per week?": "How many bags of chips did you eat last week?"
• For "How many potato chips are in this bag of chips?": "Estimate the number of potato - chips in a standard - sized bag of chips you have seen."
• For "What is the typical number of chips in a bag of chips?": "Based on your experience, what do you think is the average number of chips in a bag of chips?"
• For "What type of chips do students in this class prefer?": "Which type of chips (e.g., plain, barbeque, sour cream and onion) do you prefer?"

Answer:

1. How many bags of chips does each student in the class eat per week?

2.

• For "How many bags of chips does each student in the class eat per week?": How many bags of chips did you eat last week?
• For "How many potato chips are in this bag of chips?": Estimate the number of potato - chips in a standard - sized bag of chips you have seen.
• For "What is the typical number of chips in a bag of chips?": Based on your experience, what do you think is the average number of chips in a bag of chips?
• For "What type of chips do students in this class prefer?": Which type of chips (e.g., plain, barbeque, sour cream and onion) do you prefer?