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February 2021 5-a-day

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February 2021

28 sheets · 140 questions · Higher tier

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  1. 1st February 2021A class interval 10-30 (width 20) has frequency density 3. Find the frequency.
  2. 2nd February 2021A 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.
  3. 3rd February 2021P(A) = 0.6, P(A or B) = 0.75, and P(A and B) = 0.2. Find P(B).
  4. 4th February 2021The table shows weights, in kg, of 20 parcels: 0-5 (freq 4), 5-10 (freq 10), 10-15 (freq 6). Estimate the mean weight.
  5. 5th February 2021Rewrite the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' so that they no longer overlap.
  6. 6th February 2021A series of 4-point moving averages is 45, 48, 52, 55. Describe the trend shown by these values.
  7. 7th February 2021A bag has only red, blue and green counters. P(red) = 0.5 and P(blue) = 0.2. Find P(green).
  8. 8th February 2021State one reason why a histogram has no gaps between its bars, unlike a bar chart.
  9. 9th February 2021Box 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?
  10. 10th February 2021Using 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.
  11. 11th February 2021Test scores are normally distributed with mean 65 and standard deviation 8. Estimate the percentage of students scoring between 65 and 81.
  12. 12th February 2021For a data set, Sxy = 30, Sxx = 50, Syy = 40. Calculate the PMCC to 3 significant figures.
  13. 13th February 2021A class interval has width 5 and frequency 20. Find the frequency density.
  14. 14th February 2021A data set has Q1 = 20 and Q3 = 32. Is a value of 55 an outlier? Use the 1.5 x IQR rule.
  15. 15th February 2021P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3, P(A and B) = 1/6. Find P(A or B).
  16. 16th February 2021The 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.
  17. 17th February 2021What is wrong with the question 'How old are you and do you smoke?'
  18. 18th February 2021Find the 3-point moving average of 10, 14, 18.
  19. 19th February 2021P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.35, where A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  20. 20th February 2021A histogram has bars of equal width. True or false: the height of each bar represents the frequency for that class.
  21. 21st February 2021Name the five values needed to draw a box plot.
  22. 22nd February 2021A 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.
  23. 23rd February 2021A normally distributed data set has mean 40 and standard deviation 3. Estimate the percentage of values above 43.
  24. 24th February 2021A 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.
  25. 25th February 2021A 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.
  26. 26th February 2021A data set has Q1 = 12 and Q3 = 20. Calculate the IQR and the upper outlier boundary.
  27. 27th February 2021Out 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.
  28. 28th February 2021A class interval 0-10 has frequency 6. Find frequency x midpoint.

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