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March 2020 5-a-day

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March 2020

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  1. 1st March 2020A 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.
  2. 2nd March 2020A 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.
  3. 3rd March 2020A data set has Q1 = 12 and Q3 = 20. Calculate the IQR and the upper outlier boundary.
  4. 4th March 2020Out 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.
  5. 5th March 2020A class interval 0-10 has frequency 6. Find frequency x midpoint.
  6. 6th March 2020A survey question offers the response options 'Never, Sometimes, Always'. State one improvement that could be made.
  7. 7th March 2020Find the 4-point moving average of 12, 16, 20, 10.
  8. 8th March 2020Are 'rolling an even number' and 'rolling a 5' on a normal six-sided dice mutually exclusive?
  9. 9th March 2020A 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?
  10. 10th March 2020A box plot shows minimum 4 and maximum 36, with median 20. State the range of the data.
  11. 11th March 2020A 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.
  12. 12th March 2020A normal distribution has mean 50 and standard deviation 5. What range of values contains approximately 68% of the data?
  13. 13th March 2020For a data set, Sxy = 45 and Sxx = 60. Find the gradient b of the regression line.
  14. 14th March 2020A histogram bar has height (frequency density) 2.5 and covers the interval 0-8. Find the frequency it represents.
  15. 15th March 2020A 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.
  16. 16th March 2020In 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.
  17. 17th March 2020Find the midpoint of the class interval 10-20.
  18. 18th March 2020What is wrong with the question 'Do you not think school lunches are too expensive?'
  19. 19th March 2020What does a moving average smooth out in seasonal data, and what does the result reveal?
  20. 20th March 2020A card is drawn at random from a normal 52-card pack. Find P(drawing a King or a Queen).
  21. 21st March 2020A 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.
  22. 22nd March 2020A box plot has lower quartile 10 and upper quartile 22. Find the interquartile range.
  23. 23rd March 2020Test scores out of 50 are: 32, 28, 35, 30, 29, 31, 95. Which score cannot be correct, and why?
  24. 24th March 2020The 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.
  25. 25th March 2020The equation of a regression line is y = 3 + 2x. Find y when x = 5.
  26. 26th March 2020A frequency table has intervals 0-10 (frequency 15) and 10-15 (frequency 20). Calculate the frequency density for each.
  27. 27th March 2020Using the data in the previous question, a delegate aged 65 attends. Is this delegate's age an outlier? Explain.
  28. 28th March 2020P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3, P(A and B) = 0.1. Find P(A or B).
  29. 29th March 2020Find the midpoint of the class interval 30-50.
  30. 30th March 2020Explain why a pilot survey should be carried out before the full survey is sent out.
  31. 31st March 2020Find the 3-point moving average of 14, 18, 20.

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