MHB What is a statistic and how is it used in various settings?

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A statistic is a numerical value that summarizes or describes a characteristic of a dataset. In the context of a football team, a statistic could be the average points scored per game. For a fourth-grade class, a relevant statistic might be the average test scores in mathematics. In a personal class, a statistic could represent the percentage of students who pass a final exam. Understanding statistics is crucial for interpreting data across various settings.
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Give a possible statistic about each item:
a. a football team
b. a fourth-grade class
c. one of your classes
 
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This problem was testing whether you knew what a "statistic" is.
 

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I have been insisting to my statistics students that for probabilities, the rule is the number of significant figures is the number of digits past the leading zeros or leading nines. For example to give 4 significant figures for a probability: 0.000001234 and 0.99999991234 are the correct number of decimal places. That way the complementary probability can also be given to the same significant figures ( 0.999998766 and 0.00000008766 respectively). More generally if you have a value that...
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