This domain focuses on quantitative reasoning with rates, ratios, percentages, data, probability, and statistical claims.
Recognizing the Question Type
Section titled “Recognizing the Question Type”| Question type | What to look for |
|---|---|
| Ratios, rates, proportions, and units | Comparisons between quantities, equivalent ratios, conversions, or a quantity per unit |
| Percentages | Percent change, discounts, markups, growth, decay, or a part of a whole |
| One-variable data | Mean, median, range, spread, or a distribution of one measured quantity |
| Two-variable data | Scatterplots, association, lines of best fit, or predictions from paired data |
| Probability | Favorable outcomes compared with all possible outcomes |
| Statistical inference and study design | Samples, populations, surveys, experiments, causation, or margins of error |