Mrs. Nygaard’s class has 12 boys and 14 girls. She asked the class members if they prefer a field trip to the local zoo or to an aquarium. She set up a two-way table to summarize the results. Which could describe the row and column headings for Mrs. Nygaard’s table?

Question

Mrs. Nygaard’s class has 12 boys and 14 girls. She asked the class members if they prefer a field trip to the local zoo or to an aquarium. She set up a two-way table to summarize the results. Which could describe the row and column headings for Mrs. Nygaard’s table?
gender and field trip preference
gender and number of students who prefer the aquarium
number of boys and number of students who prefer the aquarium
number of girls and field trip preference

GPT-4o mini · Answer

For Mrs. Nygaard’s two-way table summarizing the preferences of her class regarding the field trip options (the zoo or the aquarium), the most appropriate row and column headings would be:

Row headings: Gender (boys and girls)

Column headings: Field trip preference (zoo and aquarium)

Thus, the correct description from your options is:

gender and field trip preference

This option reflects the two categories being analyzed, which are the students' gender and their preferences for the type of field trip.