Statistics Quiz (April 2015) Level II

Name:
Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Answer ALL
questions and show the working below that questions when required. The number of marks is given in
brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
1. On one day an insurance company received 42 claims for storm damage.
There were only sufficient staff available to investigate six of these claims.
In order to select the six claims to be investigated, they were randomly numbered 00 to 41, and
then various methods of sampling were suggested for selecting the six, using a table of two-digit
random numbers.
In selecting the random numbers, all repeats are ignored.
The suggested methods are
A Select six random numbers, ignoring any greater than 41.
B Select six random numbers. Divide each one by 42, and choose the claims whose numbers
correspond to the remainders, (for example, if the selected random number is 45, claim 03
would be chosen.)
C As in B, but ignore random numbers of 84 and over.
D Select a number at random from the range 00 to 06. Choose the claim corresponding to that
number, and every seventh number thereafter, (for example, if 05 is selected, choose the
claims numbered 05 12 19 26 33 and 40).
E Do not use random numbers, just select the six largest claims.
(i) Give the name of the method of sampling described in A, and the name of that described in
D.
Method A ...............................................................................
Method D .......................................................................... [2]
(ii) State which of the five suggested methods of sampling are unbiased, and which are biased.
Unbiased ...............................................................................
Biased ...........................................................................[2]
(iii) For each of the methods which is biased, give a reason why it is biased.
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2. Twelve O-level Statistics students attended a revision course shortly before taking their
examination. They all took a test before the start of the course, and another at the end of the
course. Their improvement during the course was measured as the difference between their two
test scores, (end mark minus start mark). A negative value means that the end mark was lower
than the start mark. The differences were as follows.
13

15

23

11

14

For each of the following state whether it is true or false.

(i) The median difference is 3.5.
............................[1]
(ii) The modal difference is 23.
............................[1]
(iii) The standard deviation of these differences cannot be calculated because some of the
values are negative.
............................[1]
(iv) The range is not an appropriate measure of dispersion for the data because of the presence
of one extreme value.
............................[1]
(v) The mean of these values is calculated by summing them and then dividing the total by 12.
............................[1]
(vi) The range of the values is 1.
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3

In a city there are three hospitals, and any person requiring treatment at an Accident and
Emergency department is equally likely to attend any of the three.
The number of people attending each hospital, in thousands, to the nearest thousand, in each of
the years 2007 and 2008 is given in the following table.
Hospital
Year

2007

10

14

16

2008

12

18

10

(i) Draw, on the grid below, a dual bar chart for each hospital to illustrate the data.

[2]

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(ii) Draw, on the grid below, a sectional bar chart for each year to illustrate the data.

[2]
(iii) For each chart state one feature of the data which it illustrates.
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5

The table below gives the population (in millions, correct to 1 decimal place) of each of the four
countries of the United Kingdom at the Census in the year 2001.
Country

Population (millions)

England

49.1

Scotland

5.1

Wales

2.9

Northern Ireland

1.7

TOTAL

58.8

The data are to be illustrated by a pie chart.

(i) Calculate, each to the nearest degree, the sector angles of the pie chart.

[2]

(ii) Using a circle of radius 5 cm, draw the pie chart.

[2]

In the Census in the year 1951 the population of the United Kingdom was 50.3 million (correct to
1 decimal place).
(i) Calculate, to 2 significant figures, the radius of the comparable pie chart which could be
used to represent the population in 1951.
[2]

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6

The table below summarises how many O level subjects at grade C were obtained by each of
the 120 pupils who sat the examinations at one school in a particular year.
Number of subjects

Number of pupils

11

17

24

25

22

12

For example, 17 pupils each obtained 3 subjects at grade C.

(i) Tabulate the cumulative frequencies for these data.

[2]

(ii) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 subject on the horizontal axis, and 2 cm to represent a
cumulative frequency of 10 on the vertical axis, draw an appropriate cumulative frequency
graph to illustrate these data.
[4]

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6

The cumulative frequency polygon below shows the weekly wage of 60 women working for a
company.

60

50

40
Cumulative
frequency
30

20

10

0
0

100

200

300

400

Weekly wage ($)

Use the diagram to estimate

500

600

(i)

the proportion of women earning a weekly wage of more than $320,

(ii) the median weekly wage,

[2]

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(iii) the range between the 10th and the 90th percentile of the weekly wage.

[3]

The range between the 10th and the 90th percentile of the weekly wage for the men working for the
same company was $240.
(iv) Using this information, describe briefly how the wages are different for the men and women
working for this company.

[1]

In a class test the marks of 10 pupils were

5

10

Find, for this distribution of marks,

5.

(i)

the mean,

[1]

(ii) the mode,

[1]

(iii) the median,

[1]

(iv) the range.

[1]

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3. The maximum daily temperature, in C, was recorded throughout the month of April. The results
are shown in the table below.
Temperature (T C)

Number of days

4 < T 10

10 < T 12

12 < T 14

14 < T 17

17 < T 21

(ii) Calculate, showing your working and giving your answers correct to 1 decimal place, an
estimate of
(a) the mean temperature,

[2]

(b) the standard deviation.

[4]

(iii) Using 2 cm to represent 2 C on the horizontal axis, starting at 4 C, and a column of height

8 cm to represent the 12 ` T 14 temperature group, draw on graph paper a histogram to

illustrate the distribution of the daily temperature for April.

[5]

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(iii) Write down the modal class of the distribution.

[1]

(iv) Estimate, correct to 1 decimal place, the percentage of days having a temperature greater
than 15 C.
[2]

For the month of June, the mean maximum daily temperature was 14.9 C and the standard
deviation was 2.7 C.
(v) Make two comments on the differences between the figures for June and the corresponding
figures for April.

[2]
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In this question calculate all fertility rates per thousand, and to the nearest whole
number.
The fertility rate is defined as the number of births per 1000 females.
The table below gives information about the female population and births in the town of
Bluedorf for the year 2010, together with the standard female population of the area in
which Bluedorf is situated.

Age group of
females
Under 20
20 30
31 40

Over 40

76

4000

40

(i) Calculate the crude fertility rate for Bluedorf.

[4]
(ii) Calculate the fertility rate for each age group and insert the values in the table
above.

[
2
]
(iii) Calculate the standardised fertility rate for Bluedorf.

[4]
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31 4

The table below gives information about Redville, another town in the same area as
Bluedorf, also for the year 2010.
Age group of
females

Fertility rate
(per 1000 females)

Population of females
in age group

Under 20

32

3000

20 30

225

1560

Over

(iv) C
a
l
c
u

late the standardised fertility rate for Redville in the year 2010, using the same standard
population as for Bluedorf.

[2]
(v) Find how many more births there were in Bluedorf than in Redville in the year 2010.

[2]
The local government of the area in which Bluedorf and Redville are situated wishes to limit
population growth, but only has sufficient funds for a publicity campaign on birth control in
one of these two towns.
(vi) State, with a reason, in which of these two towns the campaign should be conducted.
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6 (a) The following table shows the death rates for Seeton in 1990, together with its population
and the standard population.
Age

Death rate

Standard

per 1000

population

Population
group
0 25

19 000

45%

26 55

17 000

30%

56 69

14 000

17%

70 and over

10 000

28

8%

Calculate
(i) the total number of deaths in 1990,

[2]

(ii) the crude death rate, giving your answer to 1 decimal place,

[3]

(iii) the standardised death rate.

[3]

The crude death rate of another town, Exton, in 1990 was 7.8 per thousand.
The standardised death rate of Exton was 7.2 per thousand.

(i) State, with a reason, which of the two towns offers the better chance of a longer life. [2]

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The head teacher of a school analysed the schools expenditure on the three stationery items,
paper, books and other stationery. The following table gives certain information relating to these
items for the three years 1990 (taken as base year), 2000 and 2002.
Price relatives
1990 weights

1990

2000

2002

Paper

100

120

125

Books

100

150

160

Other stationery

100

125

125

(i) Calculate, to one decimal place, a weighted aggregate index for these costs for 2002, taking
1990 as base year and using the weights 4, 7 and 5 which were determined in 1990.
[4]

(ii) Suggest a way in which these weights may have been determined.

[1]

(iii) The total amount spent on the three items in 1990 was $28 000. Use the index number you
calculated in (i) to estimate the total amount spent in 2002, giving your result to the nearest
$1000.
[2]

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(iv) State what you can deduce from the values of the price relative for the other stationery in the
years 2000 and 2002.

[1]

(v) Calculate new price relatives for each of the three items in 2002, taking 2000 as base year,
and giving your results to the nearest whole number.
[3]

The table below shows the actual amounts spent in the year 2000.
Item

Amount ($)

Paper

15 000

Books

20 000

Other stationery

30 000

(vi) Using these amounts as weights, and your results from (v), show that the weighted aggregate
index for 2002, taking 2000 as base year, is 103.1.

[3]

(vii)
Use your answer to (vi) to estimate the total amount spent on the three items in 2002,
giving
your result to the nearest $1000.
[1]

(viii)
Suggest a reason for the difference in your two estimates of expenditure in 2002, using
your
results from (iii) and (vii).
[1]