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  1. 1st August 2025IQ scores are normally distributed with mean 100 and standard deviation 15. Out of 1000 people, estimate how many have an IQ above 130.
  2. 2nd August 2025A PMCC value of r = 0.85 is calculated for two variables. Describe the strength and direction of the correlation.
  3. 3rd August 2025Two intervals both have frequency 30: one has width 5 and one has width 15. Explain which interval has the taller histogram bar, and why.
  4. 4th August 2025A data set has Q1 = 15 and Q3 = 45. Calculate both outlier boundaries.
  5. 5th August 2025P(A) = 0.55 and P(B) = 0.4. Events A and B are mutually exclusive. Find P(A or B).
  6. 6th August 2025A table has class intervals with frequency x midpoint totals of 45, 120, 90 and frequencies 5, 8, 6. Find the estimated mean.
  7. 7th August 2025Give one reason why the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' are a poor choice for hours of homework.
  8. 8th August 2025Find the 4-point moving average of 8, 12, 16, 20.
  9. 9th August 2025P(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).
  10. 10th August 2025A histogram has unequal class widths. Explain why the height of a bar can no longer be read directly as the frequency.
  11. 11th August 2025Box 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?
  12. 12th August 2025A data set of ages is: 12, 13, 12, 14, -12, 13. Which value is clearly an error, and why?
  13. 13th August 2025A normal distribution has mean 100 and standard deviation 15. What range contains approximately 95% of the data?
  14. 14th August 2025A PMCC value of r = -0.2 is calculated. Describe the correlation.
  15. 15th August 2025A class interval 10-30 (width 20) has frequency density 3. Find the frequency.
  16. 16th August 2025A 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.
  17. 17th August 2025P(A) = 0.6, P(A or B) = 0.75, and P(A and B) = 0.2. Find P(B).
  18. 18th August 2025The table shows weights, in kg, of 20 parcels: 0-5 (freq 4), 5-10 (freq 10), 10-15 (freq 6). Estimate the mean weight.
  19. 19th August 2025Rewrite the response options '0-5, 5-10, 10-15' so that they no longer overlap.
  20. 20th August 2025A series of 4-point moving averages is 45, 48, 52, 55. Describe the trend shown by these values.
  21. 21st August 2025A bag has only red, blue and green counters. P(red) = 0.5 and P(blue) = 0.2. Find P(green).
  22. 22nd August 2025State one reason why a histogram has no gaps between its bars, unlike a bar chart.
  23. 23rd August 2025Box 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?
  24. 24th August 2025Using 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.
  25. 25th August 2025Test scores are normally distributed with mean 65 and standard deviation 8. Estimate the percentage of students scoring between 65 and 81.
  26. 26th August 2025For a data set, Sxy = 30, Sxx = 50, Syy = 40. Calculate the PMCC to 3 significant figures.
  27. 27th August 2025A class interval has width 5 and frequency 20. Find the frequency density.
  28. 28th August 2025A data set has Q1 = 20 and Q3 = 32. Is a value of 55 an outlier? Use the 1.5 x IQR rule.
  29. 29th August 2025P(A) = 1/2, P(B) = 1/3, P(A and B) = 1/6. Find P(A or B).
  30. 30th August 2025The 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.
  31. 31st August 2025What is wrong with the question 'How old are you and do you smoke?'

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