Practice Paper 3 (Statistics) (Edexcel A Level Maths: Statistics)

Practice Paper Questions

1a
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Three events,A, B and C, are such that Aand B are independent Band C and  are mutually exclusive. straight P open parentheses C close parentheses equals 0.55P open parentheses open parentheses A intersection B close parentheses union open parentheses A intersection C close parentheses close parentheses equals 0.07, and the following two relations also hold: 

8 space straight P open parentheses A close parentheses equals 25 space straight P open parentheses B close parentheses

straight P open parentheses A to the power of apostrophe intersection C close parentheses equals 10 space straight P open parentheses A intersection C close parentheses

Using the above information, draw a Venn diagram to show the probabilities for events A, B and C.

1b
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Find:

(i)
straight P open parentheses C vertical line A close parentheses

(ii)
straight P open parentheses B vertical line A to the power of apostrophe close parentheses

(iii)
straight P open parentheses open parentheses A union B union C close parentheses to the power of apostrophe vertical line open parentheses A union B close parentheses to the power of apostrophe close parentheses

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2a
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Medhi is a meteorologist investigating the weather in Heathrow and claims that there is negative correlation between the daily total rainfall, f mm, and daily total sunshine, s hours.

Write down suitable null and alternative hypotheses to test Medhi’s claim.

2b
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Medhi decides to use the large data set to investigate this claim and forms a sample using all the days in June 2015 relating to Heathrow. 

Some values for the daily total rainfall are labelled as “tr”. Using your knowledge of the large data set, state the range of values Mehdi could assign to these values.

2c
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Medhi calculates the product moment correlation coefficient as r = minus0.2659 using all the days in June.

Test, at the 5% level of significance, whether there is negative correlation between daily total rainfall and daily total sunshine.

2d
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Medhi uses this data to calculate the equation for the regression line of f on s. He plans to use the regression line to predict the amount of rainfall there will be in Heathrow during a day in December.

Give two reasons why this is unlikely to produce a reliable estimate.

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3a
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Hugo, a newly appointed HR administrator for a company, has been asked to investigate the number of absences within the IT department.  The department contains 23 employees, and the box plot below summarises the data for the number of days that individual employees were absent during the previous quarter.q2-hard-2-3-working-with-data-edexcel-a-level-maths-statistics

An outlier is an observation that falls either more than 1.5 cross times (interquartile range) above the upper quartile or less than 1.5 cross times(interquartile range) below the lower quartile.

Show that these data have an outlier, and state its value.

3b
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For the 23 employees within the department, Hugo has the summary statistics:

 straight capital sigmax= 286  and  straight capital sigmax2= 4238

Hugo investigates the employee corresponding to the outlier value found in part (a) and discovers that this employee had a long-term illness.  Hugo decides not to include that value in the data for the department.

Assuming that there are no other outliers, calculate the mean and standard deviation of the number of days absent for the remaining employees.

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4a
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A discrete random variable X has the probability distribution shown in the following table:

bold italic x -1 1 2
bold P begin bold style stretchy left parenthesis X equals x stretchy right parenthesis end style 5 over 12 p 1 fourth


Find the value of p.

4b
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is sampled twice such that the results of the two experiments are independent of each other, and the outcomes of the two experiments are recorded.  A new random variable,Y, is defined as the sum of the two outcomes.

Complete the following probability distribution table for Y:

bold italic y -2 0 1 2 3 4
bold P begin bold style stretchy left parenthesis Y equals y stretchy right parenthesis end style            
4c
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Find:

(i)
straight P left parenthesis Y not equal to 0 right parenthesis

(ii)
straight P left parenthesis Y greater than 1 right parenthesis

(iii)
straight P left parenthesis negative 2 less than Y less than 2 right parenthesis

(iv)
straight P left parenthesis Y less than 0 space space o r space space Y greater or equal than 2 right parenthesis

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5a
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The IQ of a student at Calculus High can be modelled as a random variable with the distribution straight N left parenthesis 126 comma 50 right parenthesis . The headteacher decides to play classical music during lunchtimes and suspects that this has caused a change in the average IQ of the students.

Write suitable null and alternative hypotheses to test the headteacher’s suspicion.

5b
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The headteacher selects 10 students and asks them to complete an IQ test.  Their scores are:

127, 127, 129, 130, 130, 132, 132, 132, 133, 138

Test, at the 5% level of significance, whether there is evidence to support the headteacher’s suspicion.

5c
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It was later discovered that the 10 students used in the sample were all in the same advanced classes.

Comment on the validity of the conclusion of the test based on this information.

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6a
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The following diagram shows the distribution of heights, in cm, of adult men in the UK:q1-hard-4-3-normal-distributions-edexcel-a-level-maths-statistics

The distribution of heights follows a normal distribution, with a mean of 175.3 cm and a standard deviation of 7.6 cm.

Write down the values of the height that correspond to:

(i)
the line of symmetry of the curve.

(ii)
the points of inflection on the curve.
6b
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Use the properties of the normal distribution to determine whether each of the following statements is likely to be true. In each case give a reason for your answer.

(i)
95% of adult men in the UK will have a height less than 190.5 cm.

(ii)
68% of adult men in the UK will have a height between 167.7 cm and 182.9 cm.

(iii)
81.5% of adult men in the UK will have a height between 160.1 cm and 182.9 cm.
6c
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Paul, a renowned mathematics educationalist, has a height of 196 cm.

Find the percentage of adult men in the UK who have a height that is less than Paul’s.

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A supermarket wants to gather data from its shoppers on how far they have travelled to shop there. One lunchtime an employee is stationed at the door of the shop for half an hour and instructed to ask every customer how far they have travelled.

(i)
State the sampling method the employee is using.

(ii)
Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using this method.

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