Question

Which of the following can be statistical questions?

• A. ($1$) and ($2$) only.
• B. ($2$) and ($4$) only.
• C. ($1$), ($4$) and ($4$) only.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above.

All of the above scenarios have statistical data supporting them. Let us look at them one by one.

$1$) How many bikes are parked in the school parking lot over the weekend?
We can easily present this statistic in the form of a numerical value. Eg. 10 bikes were parked in the school parking lot over the weekend.

$2$) Which is the most popular snack from the school's vending machine?
We can analyse all the sales data associated with the school vending machine and identify the most popular snack. Eg. chips is the most popular snack from the vending machine.

$3$) How old are the dogs who live on the street?
We can easily collect this information and present it statistically. Eg. the $5$ dogs that live on $9^{th}$ avenue are aged $3$, $5$, $7$ , $9$ and $10$ years old respectively.

$4$) How many natural calamities in the USA have occurred per year since 2010?
This data can be gathered from the government websites and ennumerated. This will give is the annual frequency of natural calamities in the USA. Eg. in $2012$, there were a total of $3$ natural disasters that struck the USA. $2$ earthquakes and $1$ tornado.