Statistical Variability and Data Distribution · Statistics and Probability

Statistical Questions

Recognizing questions that anticipate variability in data.

Key Questions

  1. 1What makes a question statistical rather than factual?
  2. 2Why is variability expected when collecting data from a population?
  3. 3How does the way we ask a question influence the data we receive?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.1
Grade: 6th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Statistical Variability and Data Distribution
Period: Statistics and Probability

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