Curriculum placement
Grade 6. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
Asking a statistical question
Identify statistical questions and sources of variation
Problem types
- Select the statistical questions
- Is it a statistical question?
Builds on
Leads to
- Center, spread, and shape of a distribution
- Samples and the populations they represent
- Reading a statistical report critically · See it applied
Reading a report starts with its question: whether it expects variability and whether the data can answer it.
Related skills
- Association is not causation · Related idea
A question that expects variability can ask about an effect, and a study design decides whether the answer supports a cause.
- Picture graphs and bar graphs · Related idea
A graph of data shows variation, which is what a statistical question expects.
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