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1.

A meteorologist believes that there is a relationship between the height above sea level, oC. Data is collected at the same time from 9 diflerent ft m, and the air temperature, t
places on the same mountain. The data is summarised in the table below.

t400
3

100
10

260
20

840
9

900
10

550

1230
5

100

770
16

l3

24

[You may assume that

>th (a) (b)

64980 and S,,

Zh:7150,
371.561

: ) r:t to, >h'z :7171s00, >)P

1116'

Calculate S,,, and S,,,,. Give your answers to 3 significant figures' (3) Calculate the product moment corelation coefficient ior this data. (2)

(c)

State whether of not your value supports the use of a regression equation to predict the

air temperature at different heights on this mountain. Give a reason for your answer. (1)

(d) Find the equation of the regression line ol I on ft giving your answer in the form 7: o+ bh.

(4)

(e)

Interpret the value of b.

(1)

(f)
o)

Estimate the difference in air temperature between a height of 500 m and a height 1000 m.

of
(2)

=-

-O'q 52*

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d) b.

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2.

The marks of a group of female students in a statistics test are summarised in Figure I

Females

Males

10 20 30 40 50 60 '70 80 90
Mark Figure
1

100

(a) Write

down the mark which is exceeded by 7 5o/o of the female students'

(1)

The marks of a group of male students in the same statistics test are summarised by the stem and leaf diagram below.

Mark
1

(216 means

26)

Totals

4
6

2
3

4
5

6
7
8

447 0667'7 8 00111 3677 22333 8 008

5

(1) (1) (3) (6) (e) (6) (3) (1) (1)

(b) Find the median

and interquartile range of the marks of the male students'

(3)

An outlier is a mark that is

either more than 1.5 x interquartile range above the upper quartile or more than 1.5 x interquartile range below the lower quartile'

(c) In the space provided on Figure

1 draw a

box plot to represent the marks ofthe male (s)

students, indicating clearly any outliers.

(d)

Compare and contrast the marks of the male and the female students. (2)

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b) A=31

+ 8h, +(. Q, |-^ = r5.5 tlbh= 5l

Qr tn
= 1--15

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5\,

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= ln-

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3.

In

a company the 200 employees are classified as

full{ime workers, part-time workers or

contractors. The table below shows the number of employees in each category and whether they walk to work or use some form oltransporl.

Walk

Transpolt
8

+.rt.r,L
l()

Full{ime worker
Part-time worker Contractor

35

15 50

lro
go

30

ILOL) The events F, H and C are that an employee is a full-time worker, part-time worker or contractor respectively. Let Wbe the event that an employee walks to work.

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133

An employee is selected at random.

Find

(a) P(a)
(2)

G) P(tr^ rrt')
(c) P(tt/ Q

(2)

(2)

Let B be the event that an employee uses the bus. Given that 10% ol full-time workers usc the bus, 30% of part{ime workers use the bus and 20"/o of contractors use the bus,

(d)

draw a Venn diagram to represent the events F, H, C and B, (4)

(e) find the probability

that a randomly selected employee uses the bus to travel to work. (2)

cr)

P(

rr) = ]lqro.,

b) P (r^w) = c) f(wtc) =b&

d)

The following table summarises the tifires, I minutes to the nearest minute, recorded for a group of students to complete an exam.

ls-s
Time (minutes) r Number of students f,

e3

33
25

+o-s
1l

ll
6l

20

21
88

26-30
16

3l l3

35

36

45

s3 46-60
l0

atn.. t may [You *,9.1,rr"

(a) (b)

iii

2s) r:+z,al-5zst

're

Estimate the mean and standard deviation ofthese data'

(s)

Use linear interpolation to estimate the value of the median'

(2)

(c)
(d)

Show that the estimated value of the lower quarlile is 18'6 to 3 significant figures.

o)
(2)

Estimate the interquartile range ofthis distribution'

(e) Give a reason why the mean and standard deviation are not the most
summary statistics to use with these data'

appropriate (1)

The person timing the exam made an eror and each student actually took 5 minutes less than the times recorded above. The table below summarises the actual times.

Time (minutes) I Number of students

6
f

15

16
88

20

21

,25 26
t6
13

30

31

1t

40

41
l0

55

OZ

(l)

without further calculations, explain the effect this would have on each of
estimates found in pafts (a), (b), (c) and (d).

the

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SLt.

(3)

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= li+LEl'Ls - +63?'Sa+

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A biased die with six faces is rolled. The discrete random variable x represents the score on the uppermost face. The probability distribution of Xis shown in the table be1ow.
.x

4
b

P(X: x)

0.3

(a)

Given that E(-l')

:4.2

find the value of a and the value of D' (s)

(b) (c)

Show that E(X2) -- 20.4

(1)

Find Var(5

3,1)

(3)

A biased die with five faces is rollcd. The discrete random variable I represents the score which is uppemost. The cumulative distribution function of I is shown in the table below.

v
FO,)

2 2
10

3k

4k

5k

10

(d) (e)

Find the value offt. (1) Find the probability distribution of

L
(3)

Each die is rolled once. The scores on the two dice are independent.

(0

Find the probability that the sum of the two scores equals 2
(2)

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LP.l

=1

3a+2b*O.3 =t

r) 6a+1b zX.$ @ 2a+3b so.8

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-1-

ot=O'\

b=o2
=

a lttq + 4lb + lO'8 - l.+ + 3.L + ro.8

2O.+

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d)
e>

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= 20,t|-.+.2_z = L.+L

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l-

t(D

The weight, in grams, of beans in a tin is normally distributed with mean deviation 7.8 Given that 10% of tins contain less than 200 g, find

and standard

(a) (b)

the value

ofp
(3)

the percentage oftins that contain more than 225 g

ofbeans.
(3)
a

The machine settings are adjusted so that the weight, in grams, of beans in distributed with mean 205 and standard deviation o.

tin is normally

(c)

Given that 98% of tins contain between 200 g and 210 g find the value ofo. (4)