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November 2013 5-a-day

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November 2013

30 sheets · 150 questions · Higher tier

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  1. 1st November 2013The 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.
  2. 2nd November 2013What is wrong with the question 'How old are you and do you smoke?'
  3. 3rd November 2013Find the 3-point moving average of 10, 14, 18.
  4. 4th November 2013P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.35, where A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  5. 5th November 2013A histogram has bars of equal width. True or false: the height of each bar represents the frequency for that class.
  6. 6th November 2013Name the five values needed to draw a box plot.
  7. 7th November 2013A 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.
  8. 8th November 2013A normally distributed data set has mean 40 and standard deviation 3. Estimate the percentage of values above 43.
  9. 9th November 2013A 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.
  10. 10th November 2013A 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.
  11. 11th November 2013A data set has Q1 = 12 and Q3 = 20. Calculate the IQR and the upper outlier boundary.
  12. 12th November 2013Out 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.
  13. 13th November 2013A class interval 0-10 has frequency 6. Find frequency x midpoint.
  14. 14th November 2013A survey question offers the response options 'Never, Sometimes, Always'. State one improvement that could be made.
  15. 15th November 2013Find the 4-point moving average of 12, 16, 20, 10.
  16. 16th November 2013Are 'rolling an even number' and 'rolling a 5' on a normal six-sided dice mutually exclusive?
  17. 17th November 2013A histogram for exam scores has bars of equal width 10 marks, covering 0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, with heights 2, 8, 15, 5. How many students took the exam?
  18. 18th November 2013A box plot shows minimum 4 and maximum 36, with median 20. State the range of the data.
  19. 19th November 2013A data set has lower quartile Q1 = 20 and upper quartile Q3 = 32. Using the rule 'outlier if more than 1.5 x IQR beyond Q1 or Q3', find the outlier boundaries.
  20. 20th November 2013A normal distribution has mean 50 and standard deviation 5. What range of values contains approximately 68% of the data?
  21. 21st November 2013For a data set, Sxy = 45 and Sxx = 60. Find the gradient b of the regression line.
  22. 22nd November 2013A histogram bar has height (frequency density) 2.5 and covers the interval 0-8. Find the frequency it represents.
  23. 23rd November 2013A 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.
  24. 24th November 2013In 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.
  25. 25th November 2013Find the midpoint of the class interval 10-20.
  26. 26th November 2013What is wrong with the question 'Do you not think school lunches are too expensive?'
  27. 27th November 2013What does a moving average smooth out in seasonal data, and what does the result reveal?
  28. 28th November 2013A card is drawn at random from a normal 52-card pack. Find P(drawing a King or a Queen).
  29. 29th November 2013A 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.
  30. 30th November 2013A box plot has lower quartile 10 and upper quartile 22. Find the interquartile range.

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