Statistical Questions: Apply It 1

  • Create questions that can be answered with statistics
  • Name and classify variables by type

Bad Drivers and Good Questions

Person in the driver's seat of a car looking at their cell phone
Figure 1. Distracted driving is an example of risky behavior that can be explored through data to identify patterns and ask meaningful statistical questions, like which states have the worst drivers.

Let’s look at an article[1] in which statistical data is used to answer a relevant and interesting question (one of the qualities of a good statistical question).

  1. “Dear Mona, Which State Has The Worst Drivers” article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/which-state-has-the-worst-drivers/ ↵