Question

Kate did a survey to find the average hand span of the students in her class. She asked the following question: What is the hand span of each student in the class? Is Kate's question a statistical question, and why or why not?

Answer 1

I think probably not because everybody has a very different handspan and you probably wouldn't be able to get a very accurate average.

Answer 2

Answer:

Yes

Step-by-step explanation:

Because her initial purpose is to find the average hand span of the students in her class. If she asks the hand span of each student in the class then she can have many different answers and  it anticipates variability in students' hand spans.

Ex: There are 5 students in her class, she asks 5 of them and their answer is:

0.5m 0.6m 0.7m 0.8m 0.9m

=> the average hand span of the students in her class = (0.5m + 0.6m + 0.7m + 0.8m + 0.9m) / 5 = 0.7 m

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