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AS Statistics 3

The document contains a series of statistical problems related to weights of apples, relationships between pressure and temperature, participation in after-school activities, allergy prevalence in a population, and random letter selection from words. It includes calculations for mean, standard deviation, correlation, independence of events, hypothesis testing, and probability distributions. Each section presents questions with specific marks allocated for answers.

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AS Statistics 3

The document contains a series of statistical problems related to weights of apples, relationships between pressure and temperature, participation in after-school activities, allergy prevalence in a population, and random letter selection from words. It includes calculations for mean, standard deviation, correlation, independence of events, hypothesis testing, and probability distributions. Each section presents questions with specific marks allocated for answers.

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1. The histogram and its frequency polygon below give information about the weights, in
grams, of 75 apples.

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(a) Show that an estimate for the mean weight of the 75 apples is 200.72 grams.
(2)
(b) Calculate an estimate for the standard deviation of the 75 apples.
(2)
Later it was discovered that the scales used to weigh the apples were broken.
Each apple actually weighs 6 grams more than originally thought.
(c) State the effect this will have on the estimate of the standard deviation in part (b).
Give a reason for your answer.
(1)
(Total for Question 1 is 5 marks)
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2. George and Des are investigating whether there is a linear relationship between Daily
Mean Pressure, p hPa, and Daily Mean Air Temperature, t °C, in Perth using the 2015
data from the large data set.
George randomly selects one month from the data set and draws the scatter diagram in
Figure 1 using the data from that month.
The scale has been left off the horizontal axis.

Figure 1

(a) Describe the correlation shown in Figure 1.


(1)
Des chooses to use all of the data for Perth from 2015 and draws the scatter diagram
in Figure 2.
She uses the same scales as George.

Figure 2

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(b) Explain, in context, what Des can infer about the relationship between p and t
using the information shown in Figure 2.
(1)
(c) Using your knowledge of the large data set, state a value of p for which interpolation
can be used with Figure 2 to predict a value of t.
(1)
(d) Using your knowledge of the large data set, explain why it is not meaningful to look
for a linear relationship between Daily Mean Wind Speed (Beaufort Conversion)
and Daily Mean Air Temperature in Perth in 2015.
(1)
(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)
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3. In an after-school club, students can choose to take part in Drama, Geography, both or
neither.
There are 55 students that attend the after-school club. Of these
• 30 students take part in Drama
• 16 students take part in both Drama and Geography
• the number of students that take part in Geography is x
(a) Find the range of possible values of x
(2)
One of the 55 students is selected at random.
Event D is the event that the student selected takes part in Drama.
Event G is the event that the student selected takes part in Geography.
(b) Determine whether or not it is possible for the events D and G to be independent.
(4)
(Total for Question 3 is 6 marks)
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4. Past information shows that 15% of adults in a large population have a
particular allergy.
Robert believes that the proportion that has the allergy differs from 15%
He takes a random sample of 60 adults from the population.
Robert carries out a test of the null hypothesis H0: p = 0.15 using a 10% level of
significance.
(a) Write down the alternative hypothesis for Robert’s test.
(1)
(b) Find the critical region for this test.
You should state the probability associated with each tail, which should be as close
to 5% as possible.
(4)
(c) State the actual probability of incorrectly rejecting H0 for this test.
(1)
Robert finds that 13 of the adults in his sample have the allergy.
(d) State the conclusion of Robert’s hypothesis test.
(1)
(Total for Question 4 is 7 marks)
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5. Fatimah selects 3 letters at random, one at a time without replacement, from the word
DEVIATION
The discrete random variable X represents the number of times she selects a letter I.
(a) Find the complete probability distribution of X.
(5)
Kasim selects 12 letters at random, one at a time with replacement, from the word
VARIATION
(b) Find the probability that he selects the letter V at least 3 times.
(3)
(Total for Question 5 is 8 marks)
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TOTAL FOR STATISTICS IS 30 MARKS

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