What are statistical questions?
Statistical questions are open ended questions that are created to gather information or data about a population or a sample. Depending on the population or sample being investigated, they often involve variability and can have a variety of possible responses.
Why is the question not statistical?
Because it is a straightforward factual question that can be answered with a single value, the question being asked is not a statistical one.
There are 1,760 yards in a mile, hence the answer to this question is an exact number. There is no variability or data gathering involved with this response. As a result, the question is not a statistical question.
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