Statistical and Non Statistical Data

Q. Which of the following are statistical questions?

1. How many days are in June?
2. How old are the dogs that live on this street?
3. How old is your dog?
4. How much time do seventh grade students spend on homework each day?

Q. Which of the following is/are non-statistical data?

1. How far from school do your classmates live?
2. At what temperature $\left({\text{in}}^{\circ }F\right)$ does water boil at sea level?
3. How heavy are lions?
4. How much was Jack's electricity bill in December?

Q. Classify the following datasets as Categorical and Numerical data.

1. Weights of twelve $6^{th}$ graders.
2. Hours of sleep that ten $7^{th}$ graders slept on a school night.
3. Number of hours spent by Middle schoolers playing video games over a week.
4. Video games played by students from a certain grade.

1. Categorical: ($2$) and ($4$)
   Numerical: ($1$) and ($3$)
2. Categorical: ($4$) only
   Numerical: ($1$), ($2$)and ($3$)
3. Categorical: ($2$) and ($3$)
   Numerical: ($1$) and ($4$)
4. Categorical: ($1$) and ($4$)
   Numerical: ($2$) and ($3$)

Q. Students in a class decided to hold an election to see which place to visit for their annual school trip. Each student got one vote. What is the kind of data that is being gathered?

1. $Emperical$
2. $Categorical$
3. $Statistical$
4. $Non-Statistical$

Q. Consider the following examples and choose the correct option that follows.

A. How well students perform in a class test?

B. How much time does students of grade 6 spend on watching TV?

C. How many days are there in a week?

D. How many tourists visited the art gallery on different days of a week?

1. (A) is an example of statistical data, while all other are examples of non-statistical data.
2. (C) is an example of non-statistical data, whereas (A), (B), and (D) are examples of statistical data.
3. All are examples of statistical data.
4. Only (C) is an example of statistical data.

Q. Classify the following as Statistical and Non-Statistical questions.

1. How many donuts do $6^{th}$ graders eat in a day?
2. How many days are there in June?
3. How many hours do students of ABC Middle School spend on mowing lawns?
4. What is the average lifespan of an Emperor Penguin?

1. Statistical:($1$), ($2$), ($3$) and ($4$)
   Non-Statistical: $None$
2. Statistical:($1$), ($3$) and ($4$)
   Non-Statistical:($2$)
3. Statistical:($2$)
   Non-Statistical:($1$), ($3$) and ($4$)
4. Statistical:($1$), ($2$) and ($3$)
   Non-Statistical:($4$)

Q. With respect to non-statistical data, choose the correct option.

1. The non-statistical data depicts variability in the data collected.
2. The questions with single valued answer falls under the category of non-statistical data.
3. In non-statistical data, analyzing the data set is required.
4. None of the above