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June 2012

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  1. 1st June 2012A cumulative frequency graph for 100 test scores gives Q1 = 40, median = 58, Q3 = 70, minimum = 5, maximum = 98. Determine which of the minimum and maximum should be plotted as individual outliers.
  2. 2nd June 2012P(A) = 0.6, P(A or B) = 0.75, and P(A and B) = 0.2. Find P(B).
  3. 3rd June 2012The table shows weights, in kg, of 20 parcels: 0-5 (freq 4), 5-10 (freq 10), 10-15 (freq 6). Estimate the mean weight.
  4. 4th June 2012Rewrite the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' so that they no longer overlap.
  5. 5th June 2012A series of 4-point moving averages is 45, 48, 52, 55. Describe the trend shown by these values.
  6. 6th June 2012A bag has only red, blue and green counters. P(red) = 0.5 and P(blue) = 0.2. Find P(green).
  7. 7th June 2012State one reason why a histogram has no gaps between its bars, unlike a bar chart.
  8. 8th June 2012Box plot A has an interquartile range of 8 and box plot B has an interquartile range of 15. What does this tell you about the spread of the middle 50 percent of each data set?
  9. 9th June 2012Using the boundaries from the previous question (2 and 50), state whether a value of 55 in the data set would be classed as an outlier.
  10. 10th June 2012Test scores are normally distributed with mean 65 and standard deviation 8. Estimate the percentage of students scoring between 65 and 81.
  11. 11th June 2012For a data set, Sxy = 30, Sxx = 50, Syy = 40. Calculate the PMCC to 3 significant figures.
  12. 12th June 2012A class interval has width 5 and frequency 20. Find the frequency density.
  13. 13th June 2012A data set has Q1 = 20 and Q3 = 32. Is a value of 55 an outlier? Use the 1.5 x IQR rule.
  14. 14th June 2012P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3, P(A and B) = 1/6. Find P(A or B).
  15. 15th June 2012The table shows ages, in years, of 50 people at a gym: 10-20 (freq 6), 20-30 (freq 18), 30-40 (freq 16), 40-50 (freq 10). Estimate the mean age.
  16. 16th June 2012What is wrong with the question 'How old are you and do you smoke?'
  17. 17th June 2012Find the 3-point moving average of 10, 14, 18.
  18. 18th June 2012P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.35, where A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  19. 19th June 2012A histogram has bars of equal width. True or false: the height of each bar represents the frequency for that class.
  20. 20th June 2012Name the five values needed to draw a box plot.
  21. 21st June 2012A data set of 10 house prices, in thousands of pounds, has a mean of 210 without an outlier of 900 included, but a mean of 279 when the 900 is included. Explain why a statistician might exclude the 900 when reporting a typical house price.
  22. 22nd June 2012A normally distributed data set has mean 40 and standard deviation 3. Estimate the percentage of values above 43.
  23. 23rd June 2012A regression line y = 12 + 1.5x is used to predict y when x = 200, even though the original x-values ranged only from 5 to 20. Explain why this prediction may be unreliable.
  24. 24th June 2012A histogram has classes 20-25 (frequency density 4), 25-35 (frequency density 2.4), 35-50 (frequency density 1.6). Find the total number of data values represented.
  25. 25th June 2012A data set has Q1 = 12 and Q3 = 20. Calculate the IQR and the upper outlier boundary.
  26. 26th June 2012Out of 50 people surveyed, 20 like tea, 25 like coffee, and 10 like both. Find the probability that a randomly chosen person likes tea or coffee.
  27. 27th June 2012A class interval 0-10 has frequency 6. Find frequency x midpoint.
  28. 28th June 2012A survey question offers the response options 'Never, Sometimes, Always'. State one improvement that could be made.
  29. 29th June 2012Find the 4-point moving average of 12, 16, 20, 10.
  30. 30th June 2012Are 'rolling an even number' and 'rolling a 5' on a normal six-sided dice mutually exclusive?

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