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August 2007 5-a-day

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August 2007

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  1. 1st August 2007For a data set, Sxy = 45 and Sxx = 60. Find the gradient b of the regression line.
  2. 2nd August 2007A histogram bar has height (frequency density) 2.5 and covers the interval 0-8. Find the frequency it represents.
  3. 3rd August 2007A 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 August 2007In 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 August 2007Find the midpoint of the class interval 10-20.
  6. 6th August 2007What is wrong with the question 'Do you not think school lunches are too expensive?'
  7. 7th August 2007What does a moving average smooth out in seasonal data, and what does the result reveal?
  8. 8th August 2007A card is drawn at random from a normal 52-card pack. Find P(drawing a King or a Queen).
  9. 9th August 2007A 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 August 2007A box plot has lower quartile 10 and upper quartile 22. Find the interquartile range.
  11. 11th August 2007Test scores out of 50 are: 32, 28, 35, 30, 29, 31, 95. Which score cannot be correct, and why?
  12. 12th August 2007The 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 August 2007The equation of a regression line is y = 3 + 2x. Find y when x = 5.
  14. 14th August 2007A frequency table has intervals 0-10 (frequency 15) and 10-15 (frequency 20). Calculate the frequency density for each.
  15. 15th August 2007Using the data in the previous question, a delegate aged 65 attends. Is this delegate's age an outlier? Explain.
  16. 16th August 2007P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3, P(A and B) = 0.1. Find P(A or B).
  17. 17th August 2007Find the midpoint of the class interval 30-50.
  18. 18th August 2007Explain why a pilot survey should be carried out before the full survey is sent out.
  19. 19th August 2007Find the 3-point moving average of 14, 18, 20.
  20. 20th August 2007A 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 August 2007Using the same histogram, how many students scored between 10 and 30 marks?
  22. 22nd August 2007A 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 August 2007A set of weekly pocket money amounts, in pounds, is: 5, 6, 5, 500, 7, 6. Identify the likely outlier.
  24. 24th August 2007IQ 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 August 2007A PMCC value of r = 0.85 is calculated for two variables. Describe the strength and direction of the correlation.
  26. 26th August 2007Two 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 August 2007A data set has Q1 = 15 and Q3 = 45. Calculate both outlier boundaries.
  28. 28th August 2007P(A) = 0.55 and P(B) = 0.4. Events A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  29. 29th August 2007A table has class intervals with frequency x midpoint totals of 45, 120, 90 and frequencies 5, 8, 6. Find the estimated mean.
  30. 30th August 2007Give one reason why the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' are a poor choice for hours of homework.
  31. 31st August 2007Find the 4-point moving average of 8, 12, 16, 20.

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