[b]Consider the following questions, or make up one of your own (imagine you’re in a large school in a 10th grade class of around 400 students):[/b][br]♣ What proportion of tenth graders at our high school are taking at least one course outside of school?[br]♣ What is the typical number of hours a tenth grader at our high school studies outside of school hours on a weekday (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday)?[br]♣ What is the typical time (in minutes) that students at our high school spend getting to school?[br]♣ What is the proportion of students at our high school who plan to attend a college outside of Asia after graduation?[br]♣ What is the typical amount of time (in hours per week) that students at our high school are involved in community service?[br][br][b]Select one of these questions (or a different statistical question that has been approved by your teacher). Working with your partner (include your partner's name below), write a paragraph that:[/b] [br][list][*]States the statistical question of interest pertaining to the students in the population for the statistical question selected. (What do you want to know?)[br][/*][*]Identifies a population characteristic of interest. (What characteristic are you trying to describe?)[br][/*][*]Identifies the appropriate statistic based on a sample of 40 students. (How will you measure it?)[br][/*][*]States what property your sample must have for you to be able to use its results to generalize to all students in your high school.[br][/*][*]Includes the details on how you would select your sample.[br][/*][/list]