Answer to Question #88463 in Statistics and Probability for Ariana

Question

Ivan asked each person in his class to name their favorite singer. The students named 7 different singers as their favorites. Was ivan’s question a statistical question? Explain.

Answer 1

If Ivan asked each person in his class to name their favorite singer, and the students named 7 different singers as their favorites, then Ivan’s question is a statistical question because it anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.