Statistical Questions Worksheet (6.SP.A.1 PDF)

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This activity is designed to target Common Core State Standards 6th Grade Math Statistics 6.SP.A.1

It is a great opener for a unit on statistics and probability as it gets your students thinking about what statistics really are!

Students are taught what a statistical question is: a question that has numerical answers that vary.
They are shown ways to collect data for statistical questions: survey, using previously collected data such as a census, observations, or measuring.
Next, 8 questions are included. Students need to identify if they are statistical questions or not. If they are, students think of how the data might be collected. If they are not, students explain what aspects of a statistical question are missing.
Finally, students write 4 questions of their own (one should not be a statistical question) and they trade with a friend to see if they can identify the odd one out.

Grades to Use With:

This product is designed to target 6th Grade Math Common Core State Standards for Statistics and Probability. However, it can also be used for enrichment in grade 5 classes, or for review in grades 7 and 8.

What's Included:

4 Page PDF:

Title Page

2 Page Student Activity

1 Page Answer Key

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In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify questions that anticipate variability and create examples.

Teaching tips

Clarify that statistical questions can involve categorical as well as numerical data.

Skills covered

Question classification, explanation and question writing.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

What idea should I emphasize when students classify questions?

Ask whether the question expects variability in the data collected. Clarify that categorical data can also answer statistical questions, even though this resource emphasizes numerical answers.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

6.SP.A.1 — Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, “How old am I?” is not a statistical question, but “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students’ ages.