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Skills: / 48 Analysis: / 18 Total: / 66

Time allowed: 60 minutes

Calculator and notes permitted.

SECTION A: Multiple choice (10 x 1 = 10 marks)

Question 1, 2, 3 and 4 refer to the following data set, X, the number of lollies in a packet:

16 21 18 15 19 17 24 15 32 13

1. The mean of the data set X is

A 17 B 17.5 C 18 D 18.5 E 19

2. The median of the data set X is

A 17 B 17.5 C 18 D 18.5 E 19

3. The standard deviation of data set X is

A 19 B 190 C 3890 D 5.58 (to 2 d p) E 5.29 (to 2 d p)

4. The percentage frequency of packs containing 15 lollies is:

A 2% B 6.7% C 10% D 15% E 20%

Question 5, 6 and 7 refer to the following data set, which compares the marks gained by two classes, A and B, on a
test:

Class A Class B
8 2 5 8 9
5 3 2 1 6 0 3 4 6
8 5 3 1 0 7 0 2 6 6 7
2 1 0 8 1 4 8
8 0 9 2 8
Key: 5|8 = 58

5. The inter quartile range (IQR) for Class A is

A 16 B 17 C 18 D 19 E 20

6. Which of the following statements is true?

A: The median mark of class A is 72.

B: The median mark of class B is 76.
C: The top mark for both classes was 89.
D: The lowest mark for both classes is 58.
E: the range of the marks is the same for both classes.

7. The distribution of the grades for class B would best be described as:

A normal (symmetric) B skewed C bimodal D clustered E spread

Questions 8, 9 and 10 refer to the parallel box and whisker plot below, showing the algebra scores for Classes 1 and
2.

8. On the algebra test, the students in the top half of Class 1 scored at least

A 50% B 72% C 80% D 85% E can’t tell

 9. The distribution of the algebra scores for Class 1 would best be described as

A normal (symmetric) B positively skewed C negatively skewed D clustered E spread

10. When comparing Class 1 to Class 2, which of the following statements is true.

A: The median mark of Class 2 is greater than the median mark for Class 1.
B: The Interquartile range of Class 1 is greater than the interquartile range of Class 2.
C: The range of both classes was the same.
D: The middle 50% of students in Class 2 did better than the top 75% of Class 1.
E: The top 25% of students in Class 2 did better than the top students in Class 1.

SECTION B: Short answer /38

x
1. The mean for a set of data can be calculated using the formula x  .
n
What do these symbols represent?

x

(3 marks)

2. 5 numbers have a mean greater than their median, and their median equal to their mode.
What could the 5 numbers be?

(2 marks)
 3. Circle the histograms best represents the same data shown in this box and whisker plot:

(1 marks)
4. The number of goals kicked by Yves in the first 13 rounds of the season are as follows:

3, 7, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 0, 1, 1, 0, 4, 2

a) Circle two words you might use to describe this data:

CATEGORICAL NUMERICAL ORDINAL NOMINAL DISCRETE CONTINUOUS

(2 marks)

b) Determine the following. Round to 2 decimal places where appropriate.

i) The mode

ii) The median

iii) The mean

iv) The range

v) The lower quartile ( Q1 )

vi) The upper quartile ( Q3 )

vii) The interquartile range (IQR)

viii) The standard deviation

ix) The percentage frequency of 2 or

more goals

x) The relative frequency of 7 goals.

(1 x 10 = 10 marks)
c) The 7 goal score is considered an outlier. What does this mean?

(1 mark)

d) Represent this data in a box and whisker plot.

(3 marks)

5. The resting pulse rate of 20 female athletes was measured. The results are as follows:

50 82 48 52 71 61 30 45 42 48 43 47 51 72 34 61 44 54 48 40

a) Complete the following frequency distribution table:

Class Class centre (x) tally Frequency (f) fxx Cumulative Frequency
30 - || 70 2
40 - 9
50 - 55 |||| 4
60 - ||
70 - ||
80 - | 20
Total 1060

(4 marks)

b) i) Use the frequency distribution table to estimate the mean resting pulse rate.

ii) Explain why this is an estimate only.

(2+1=3 marks)

c) Why is the first class shown as 30 – , rather than 30 – 40?

(1 mark)
d) Find the median class.

(1 mark)
e) Find the modal class.
 (1 mark)

f) Construct a frequency histogram and polygon of this data.

(4 marks)

g) Describe the shape of the distribution

(2 marks)

SECTION C: Analysis /18

6. Two athletes threw a javelin 10 times each and the distances, to the nearest metre, are shown below:

James: 36, 44, 52, 46, 36, 21, 33, 37, 40, 48
Bella: 36, 35, 59, 33, 29, 32, 34, 37, 41, 36

a) Construct a non-ordered back to back stem and leaf plot of this data using the key given.

Key: 3|6 = 36

(2 marks)
 b) Improve your stem and leaf plot by increasing the number of groups and ordering it for this data.

Key: 2*|6 = 26

(2 marks)

c) Explain why the stem and leaf graph you have drawn in b) is better than the stem and leaf graph you
drew in a)

(2 marks)

d) Determine the median throw for Bella.

(1 marks)

e) Determine the mean for Bella.

(1 marks)

f) Explain why the median would be a more appropriate statistic to use to compare these sets of data than
the mean? Use examples in your explanation.

(2 marks)

g) What percentage of throws for each athlete were over 35m? Show your working.
Bella James

(2 marks)

h) Who do you think was the better javelin thrower? Justify your answer using two different, relevant
statistics.
 (2 marks)

7. Data was collected regarding the weekly house sales by two different real estate agents, and the data
represented in the graph below:

Which real estate agency performed better? Include measures of centre and spread to justify your answer.

(4 marks)