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July 2015 5-a-day

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  1. 1st July 2015The 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.
  2. 2nd July 2015The equation of a regression line is y = 3 + 2x. Find y when x = 5.
  3. 3rd July 2015A frequency table has intervals 0-10 (frequency 15) and 10-15 (frequency 20). Calculate the frequency density for each.
  4. 4th July 2015Using the data in the previous question, a delegate aged 65 attends. Is this delegate's age an outlier? Explain.
  5. 5th July 2015P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3, P(A and B) = 0.1. Find P(A or B).
  6. 6th July 2015Find the midpoint of the class interval 30-50.
  7. 7th July 2015Explain why a pilot survey should be carried out before the full survey is sent out.
  8. 8th July 2015Find the 3-point moving average of 14, 18, 20.
  9. 9th July 2015A 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).
  10. 10th July 2015Using the same histogram, how many students scored between 10 and 30 marks?
  11. 11th July 2015A 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?
  12. 12th July 2015A set of weekly pocket money amounts, in pounds, is: 5, 6, 5, 500, 7, 6. Identify the likely outlier.
  13. 13th July 2015IQ scores are normally distributed with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. Out of 1000 people, estimate how many have an IQ above 130.
  14. 14th July 2015A PMCC value of r = 0.85 is calculated for two variables. Describe the strength and direction of the correlation.
  15. 15th July 2015Two intervals both have frequency 30: one has width 5 and one has width 15. Explain which interval has the taller histogram bar, and why.
  16. 16th July 2015A data set has Q1 = 15 and Q3 = 45. Calculate both outlier boundaries.
  17. 17th July 2015P(A) = 0.55 and P(B) = 0.4. Events A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  18. 18th July 2015A table has class intervals with frequency x midpoint totals of 45, 120, 90 and frequencies 5, 8, 6. Find the estimated mean.
  19. 19th July 2015Give one reason why the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' are a poor choice for hours of homework.
  20. 20th July 2015Find the 4-point moving average of 8, 12, 16, 20.
  21. 21st July 2015P(rain) = 0.3 and P(snow) = 0.05 on a given day, and rain and snow are mutually exclusive that day. Find P(rain or snow).
  22. 22nd July 2015A histogram has unequal class widths. Explain why the height of a bar can no longer be read directly as the frequency.
  23. 23rd July 2015Box plot A has a median of 50 and box plot B has a median of 42, for the same type of data. What does this tell you about the two data sets?
  24. 24th July 2015A data set of ages is: 12, 13, 12, 14, -12, 13. Which value is clearly an error, and why?
  25. 25th July 2015A normal distribution has mean 100 and standard deviation 15. What range contains approximately 95% of the data?
  26. 26th July 2015A PMCC value of r = -0.2 is calculated. Describe the correlation.
  27. 27th July 2015A class interval 10-30 (width 20) has frequency density 3. Find the frequency.
  28. 28th July 2015A 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.
  29. 29th July 2015P(A) = 0.6, P(A or B) = 0.75, and P(A and B) = 0.2. Find P(B).
  30. 30th July 2015The table shows weights, in kg, of 20 parcels: 0-5 (freq 4), 5-10 (freq 10), 10-15 (freq 6). Estimate the mean weight.
  31. 31st July 2015Rewrite the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' so that they no longer overlap.

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