Stats 1 Pack [104 marks]

1. [Maximum mark: 16] [Link].TZ0.T_3

The final examination results obtained by a group of 3200 Biology students are summarized on the cumulative
frequency graph.

(a.i) Find the median of the examination results.

[2] 

([Link]) Find the interquartile range.

[3] 
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350 of the group obtained the highest possible grade in the examination.

(b) Find the final examination result required to obtain the highest possible grade.
[2] 

The grouped frequency table summarizes the examination results of this group of students.

(c.i) Write down the modal class.

[2] 
([Link]) Write down the mid-interval value of the modal class.
[1] 

(d.i) Calculate an estimate of the mean examination result.

[2] 

([Link]) Calculate an estimate of the standard deviation, giving your answer correct to three decimal
places. [1] 

(e) The teacher sets a grade boundary that is one standard deviation below the mean.

Use the cumulative frequency graph to estimate the number of students whose final
examination result was below this grade boundary. [3] 
2. [Maximum mark: 5] [Link].TZ1.S_1
Ten students were asked for the distance, in km, from their home to school. Their responses are recorded below.

0.3 0.4 3 3 3.5 5 7 8 8 10

(a) For these data, find the mean distance from a student’s home to school.
[2] 

The following box-and-whisker plot represents this data.

(b) Find the value of p.

[1] 
 (c) Find the interquartile range.
[2] 

3. [Maximum mark: 7] [Link].TZ1.H_3

The marks achieved by eight students in a class test are given in the following list.

(a.i) Find the mean.

[1] 

([Link]) Find the standard deviation.

[1] 

The teacher increases all the marks by 2. Write down the new value for
 (b.i) the mean.
[1] 

([Link]) the standard deviation.

[1] 

(c) A ninth student also takes the test.

Explain why the median is unchanged. [3] 

4. [Maximum mark: 5] [Link].TZ2.T_14

 The price per kilogram of tomatoes, in euro, sold in various markets in a city is found to be normally distributed
with a mean of 3.22 and a standard deviation of 0.84.

([Link]) Find the price that is two standard deviations above the mean price.
[1] 

(b) Find the probability that the price of a kilogram of tomatoes, chosen at random, will be between
2.00 and 3.00 euro. [2] 

(c) To stimulate reasonable pricing, the city offers a free permit to the sellers whose price of a
kilogram of tomatoes is in the lowest 20 %.

Find the highest price that a seller can charge and still receive a free permit. [2] 

5. [Maximum mark: 6] [Link].TZ2.T_6

A health inspector analysed the amount of sugar in 500 different snacks prepared in various school cafeterias.
The collected data are shown in the following box-and-whisker diagram.

Amount of sugar per snack in grams

(a) State what 13 represents in the given diagram.

[1] 

(b.i) Write down the interquartile range for this data.

[2] 

([Link]) Write down the approximate number of snacks whose amount of sugar ranges from 18 to 20
grams. [1] 

(c) The health inspector visits two school cafeterias. She inspects the same number of meals at each
cafeteria. The data is shown in the following box-and-whisker diagrams.
 [2] 

Meals prepared in the school cafeterias are required to have less than 10 grams of sugar.

State, giving a reason, which school cafeteria has more meals that do not meet the requirement.

6. [Maximum mark: 4] [Link].TZ1.2

The number of hours spent exercising each week by a group of students is shown in the following table.

The median is 4. 5 hours.

(a) Find the value of x.

[2] 
 (b) Find the standard deviation.
[2] 

7. [Maximum mark: 5] [Link].TZ1.4

A research student weighed lizard eggs in grams and recorded the results. The following box and whisker
diagram shows a summary of the results where L and U are the lower and upper quartiles respectively.

The interquartile range is 20 grams and there are no outliers in the results.

(a) Find the minimum possible value of U .

[3] 
 (b) Hence, find the minimum possible value of L.
[2] 

8. [Maximum mark: 4] [Link].TZ0.1

A data set consisting of 16 test scores has mean 14. 5 . One test score of 9 requires a second marking
and is removed from the data set.

Find the mean of the remaining 15 test scores. [4]

9. [Maximum mark: 6] [Link].TZ1.1
Claire rolls a six-sided die 16 times.

The scores obtained are shown in the following frequency table.

It is given that the mean score is 3.

 (a) Find the value of p and the value of q.
[5] 

Each of Claire’s scores is multiplied by 10 in order to determine the final score for a game she is playing.

(b) Write down the mean final score.

[1] 

10. [Maximum mark: 6] [Link].TZ2.1

In a study, the mobile phone usage of a random sample of ten students was examined on a particular day.

The length of time, t hours, that the ten students used their phones for are listed below.

0. 7 1. 2 1. 9 4. 0 4. 4 4. 5 4. 9 5. 7 6. 5 11. 7
(a) For these data, find the

(a.i) median;
[1] 

([Link]) interquartile range.

[2] 

An outlier is a value that is less than Q 1 − 1. 5 × IQR or greater than Q 3 + 1. 5 × IQR.

(b) Show that 11. 7 is an outlier.

[3] 
11. [Maximum mark: 16] [Link].TZ1.T_1
A healthy human body temperature is 37.0 °C. Eight people were medically examined and the difference in their
body temperature (°C), from 37.0 °C, was recorded. Their heartbeat (beats per minute) was also recorded.

(a) Draw a scatter diagram for temperature difference from 37 °C (x) against heartbeat (y). Use a
scale of 2 cm for 0.1 °C on the horizontal axis, starting with −0.3 °C. Use a scale of 1 cm for 2
heartbeats per minute on the vertical axis, starting with 60 beats per minute. [4] 
(b.i) Write down, for this set of data the mean temperature difference from 37 °C, x̄.
[1] 

([Link]) Write down, for this set of data the mean number of heartbeats per minute, ȳ.
[1] 
(c) Plot and label the point M(x̄, ȳ) on the scatter diagram.
[2] 

(d.i) Use your graphic display calculator to find the Pearson’s product–moment correlation
coefficient, r. [2] 

([Link]) Hence describe the correlation between temperature difference from 37 °C and heartbeat.
[2] 

(e) Use your graphic display calculator to find the equation of the regression line y on x.
[2] 
 (f ) Draw the regression line y on x on the scatter diagram.
[2] 

12. [Maximum mark: 6] [Link].TZ2.S_1

A group of 7 adult men wanted to see if there was a relationship between their Body Mass Index (BMI) and their
waist size. Their waist sizes, in centimetres, were recorded and their BMI calculated. The following table shows the
results.

The relationship between x and y can be modelled by the regression equation y = ax + b.

(a.i) Write down the value of a and of b.

[3] 
 ([Link]) Find the correlation coefficient.
[1] 

(b) Use the regression equation to estimate the BMI of an adult man whose waist size is 95 cm.
[2] 

13. [Maximum mark: 6] [Link].TZ0.S_2

The following table shows the hand lengths and the heights of five athletes on a sports team.

The relationship between x and y can be modelled by the regression line with equation y = ax + b.

(a.i) Find the value of a and of b.

[3] 
 ([Link]) Write down the correlation coefficient.
[1] 

(b) Another athlete on this sports team has a hand length of 21.5 cm. Use the regression equation to
estimate the height of this athlete. [2] 

14. [Maximum mark: 7] [Link].TZ1.3

A survey at a swimming pool is given to one adult in each family. The age of the adult, a years old, and of their
eldest child, c years old, are recorded.

The ages of the eldest child are summarized in the following box and whisker diagram.
(a) Find the largest value of c that would not be considered an outlier.
[3] 

The regression line of a on c is a =

7

4
c + 20. The regression line of c on a is c =
1

2
a − 9.

(b.i) One of the adults surveyed is 42 years old. Estimate the age of their eldest child.
[2] 

([Link]) Find the mean age of all the adults surveyed.

[2] 
15. [Maximum mark: 5] [Link].TZ0.1
In Lucy’s music academy, eight students took their piano diploma examination and achieved scores out of 150.
For her records, Lucy decided to record the average number of hours per week each student reported practising
in the weeks prior to their examination. These results are summarized in the table below.

(a) Find Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, r, for these data.

[2] 

(b) The relationship between the variables can be modelled by the regression equation
D = ah + b. Write down the value of a and the value of b.
[1] 
(c) One of these eight students was disappointed with her result and wished she had practised
more. Based on the given data, determine how her score could have been expected to alter had
she practised an extra five hours per week. [2] 

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