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  1. 1st May 2024A 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.
  2. 2nd May 2024A normal distribution has mean 50 and standard deviation 5. What range of values contains approximately 68% of the data?
  3. 3rd May 2024For a data set, Sxy = 45 and Sxx = 60. Find the gradient b of the regression line.
  4. 4th May 2024A histogram bar has height (frequency density) 2.5 and covers the interval 0-8. Find the frequency it represents.
  5. 5th May 2024A 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.
  6. 6th May 2024In 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.
  7. 7th May 2024Find the midpoint of the class interval 10-20.
  8. 8th May 2024What is wrong with the question 'Do you not think school lunches are too expensive?'
  9. 9th May 2024What does a moving average smooth out in seasonal data, and what does the result reveal?
  10. 10th May 2024A card is drawn at random from a normal 52-card pack. Find P(drawing a King or a Queen).
  11. 11th May 2024A 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.
  12. 12th May 2024A box plot has lower quartile 10 and upper quartile 22. Find the interquartile range.
  13. 13th May 2024Test scores out of 50 are: 32, 28, 35, 30, 29, 31, 95. Which score cannot be correct, and why?
  14. 14th May 2024The 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.
  15. 15th May 2024The equation of a regression line is y = 3 + 2x. Find y when x = 5.
  16. 16th May 2024A frequency table has intervals 0-10 (frequency 15) and 10-15 (frequency 20). Calculate the frequency density for each.
  17. 17th May 2024Using the data in the previous question, a delegate aged 65 attends. Is this delegate's age an outlier? Explain.
  18. 18th May 2024P(A) = 0.4, P(B) = 0.3, P(A and B) = 0.1. Find P(A or B).
  19. 19th May 2024Find the midpoint of the class interval 30-50.
  20. 20th May 2024Explain why a pilot survey should be carried out before the full survey is sent out.
  21. 21st May 2024Find the 3-point moving average of 14, 18, 20.
  22. 22nd May 2024A 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).
  23. 23rd May 2024Using the same histogram, how many students scored between 10 and 30 marks?
  24. 24th May 2024A 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?
  25. 25th May 2024A set of weekly pocket money amounts, in pounds, is: 5, 6, 5, 500, 7, 6. Identify the likely outlier.
  26. 26th May 2024IQ scores are normally distributed with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. Out of 1000 people, estimate how many have an IQ above 130.
  27. 27th May 2024A PMCC value of r = 0.85 is calculated for two variables. Describe the strength and direction of the correlation.
  28. 28th May 2024Two intervals both have frequency 30: one has width 5 and one has width 15. Explain which interval has the taller histogram bar, and why.
  29. 29th May 2024A data set has Q1 = 15 and Q3 = 45. Calculate both outlier boundaries.
  30. 30th May 2024P(A) = 0.55 and P(B) = 0.4. Events A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  31. 31st May 2024A table has class intervals with frequency x midpoint totals of 45, 120, 90 and frequencies 5, 8, 6. Find the estimated mean.

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