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July 2020 5-a-day

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July 2020

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  1. 1st July 2020A 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 July 2020P(A) = 0.6, P(A or B) = 0.75, and P(A and B) = 0.2. Find P(B).
  3. 3rd July 2020The 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 July 2020Rewrite the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' so that they no longer overlap.
  5. 5th July 2020A series of 4-point moving averages is 45, 48, 52, 55. Describe the trend shown by these values.
  6. 6th July 2020A bag has only red, blue and green counters. P(red) = 0.5 and P(blue) = 0.2. Find P(green).
  7. 7th July 2020State one reason why a histogram has no gaps between its bars, unlike a bar chart.
  8. 8th July 2020Box 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 July 2020Using 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 July 2020Test scores are normally distributed with mean 65 and standard deviation 8. Estimate the percentage of students scoring between 65 and 81.
  11. 11th July 2020For a data set, Sxy = 30, Sxx = 50, Syy = 40. Calculate the PMCC to 3 significant figures.
  12. 12th July 2020A class interval has width 5 and frequency 20. Find the frequency density.
  13. 13th July 2020A data set has Q1 = 20 and Q3 = 32. Is a value of 55 an outlier? Use the 1.5 x IQR rule.
  14. 14th July 2020P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3, P(A and B) = 1/6. Find P(A or B).
  15. 15th July 2020The 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 July 2020What is wrong with the question 'How old are you and do you smoke?'
  17. 17th July 2020Find the 3-point moving average of 10, 14, 18.
  18. 18th July 2020P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.35, where A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  19. 19th July 2020A histogram has bars of equal width. True or false: the height of each bar represents the frequency for that class.
  20. 20th July 2020Name the five values needed to draw a box plot.
  21. 21st July 2020A 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 July 2020A normally distributed data set has mean 40 and standard deviation 3. Estimate the percentage of values above 43.
  23. 23rd July 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.
  24. 24th July 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.
  25. 25th July 2020A data set has Q1 = 12 and Q3 = 20. Calculate the IQR and the upper outlier boundary.
  26. 26th July 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.
  27. 27th July 2020A class interval 0-10 has frequency 6. Find frequency x midpoint.
  28. 28th July 2020A survey question offers the response options 'Never, Sometimes, Always'. State one improvement that could be made.
  29. 29th July 2020Find the 4-point moving average of 12, 16, 20, 10.
  30. 30th July 2020Are 'rolling an even number' and 'rolling a 5' on a normal six-sided dice mutually exclusive?
  31. 31st July 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?

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