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March 1995 5-a-day

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March 1995

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  1. 1st March 1995For a data set, Sxy = 45 and Sxx = 60. Find the gradient b of the regression line.
  2. 2nd March 1995A histogram bar has height (frequency density) 2.5 and covers the interval 0-8. Find the frequency it represents.
  3. 3rd March 1995A cumulative frequency table gives Q1 = 18, median = 25, Q3 = 34 for the ages of 60 people at a conference. Calculate the IQR and state the upper outlier boundary.
  4. 4th March 1995In a group of 40 students, 22 play football, 18 play rugby, and P(football or rugby) = 0.85. Find the number of students who play both sports.
  5. 5th March 1995Find the midpoint of the class interval 10-20.
  6. 6th March 1995What is wrong with the question 'Do you not think school lunches are too expensive?'
  7. 7th March 1995What does a moving average smooth out in seasonal data, and what does the result reveal?
  8. 8th March 1995A card is drawn at random from a normal 52-card pack. Find P(drawing a King or a Queen).
  9. 9th March 1995A histogram of ages has 5 equal-width bars covering 0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50 with heights 3, 7, x, 9, 2, and a total of 35 people. Find x.
  10. 10th March 1995A box plot has lower quartile 10 and upper quartile 22. Find the interquartile range.
  11. 11th March 1995Test scores out of 50 are: 32, 28, 35, 30, 29, 31, 95. Which score cannot be correct, and why?
  12. 12th March 1995The masses of 500 apples are normally distributed with mean 120 g and standard deviation 10 g. Estimate the number of apples with a mass between 110 g and 130 g.
  13. 13th March 1995The equation of a regression line is y = 3 + 2x. Find y when x = 5.
  14. 14th March 1995A frequency table has intervals 0-10 (frequency 15) and 10-15 (frequency 20). Calculate the frequency density for each.
  15. 15th March 1995Using the data in the previous question, a delegate aged 65 attends. Is this delegate's age an outlier? Explain.
  16. 16th March 1995P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3, P(A and B) = 0.1. Find P(A or B).
  17. 17th March 1995Find the midpoint of the class interval 30-50.
  18. 18th March 1995Explain why a pilot survey should be carried out before the full survey is sent out.
  19. 19th March 1995Find the 3-point moving average of 14, 18, 20.
  20. 20th March 1995A game has four mutually exclusive outcomes: win, draw, lose, abandoned. P(win) = 0.45, P(draw) = 0.2, P(abandoned) = 0.05. Find P(lose).
  21. 21st March 1995Using the same histogram, how many students scored between 10 and 30 marks?
  22. 22nd March 1995A box plot for 40 values has lower quartile 15 and upper quartile 25. Roughly how many of the 40 values lie between 15 and 25?
  23. 23rd March 1995A set of weekly pocket money amounts, in pounds, is: 5, 6, 5, 500, 7, 6. Identify the likely outlier.
  24. 24th March 1995IQ scores are normally distributed with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. Out of 1000 people, estimate how many have an IQ above 130.
  25. 25th March 1995A PMCC value of r = 0.85 is calculated for two variables. Describe the strength and direction of the correlation.
  26. 26th March 1995Two intervals both have frequency 30: one has width 5 and one has width 15. Explain which interval has the taller histogram bar, and why.
  27. 27th March 1995A data set has Q1 = 15 and Q3 = 45. Calculate both outlier boundaries.
  28. 28th March 1995P(A) = 0.55 and P(B) = 0.4. Events A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  29. 29th March 1995A table has class intervals with frequency x midpoint totals of 45, 120, 90 and frequencies 5, 8, 6. Find the estimated mean.
  30. 30th March 1995Give one reason why the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' are a poor choice for hours of homework.
  31. 31st March 1995Find the 4-point moving average of 8, 12, 16, 20.

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