Statistical investigations Start Thinking
Here are two questions about time.
How many hours are there in a day?
What time will you go to bed tonight?
Ask these questions to some people in your class. What answers do you expect?
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Riana wants to do a statistical investigation to find out whether her classmates eat fruit at breakfast time.
1 A statistical question has answers that will probably vary. ‘Do classmates eat fruit for breakfast’ is a statistial question.
2 Riana can answer her question by collecting data. She asks 12 friends in her class and writes her answer on a piece of paper.
Yes, mango
No
No
Yes, orange and banana
Yes, banana and mango
Yes banana
Yes, apple
Yes, orange, banana, mango
Yes, mango
Yes, guava
No
Yes, orange
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