Descriptive Statistics IB Review Questions

[M94/520/S(1) #9] 9. The table displays the frequency of occurrence of scores in a competition. Score 12 13 14 15 16 17 4 7 13 k 5

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The mean score is 15. (a) Find k. (b) Use the formula to calculate the standard deviation of the scores [M97/520/S(1) #9] 9. Consider the set of scores: 3, 0, 7, 2, 8, 3, 11, a, b. The mean score is 5, the median score is 4 and a < b. Find a and b. [M02/520/S(1) #1] 1. From January to September, the mean number of car accidents per month was 630. From October to December, the mean was 810 accidents per month. What was the mean number of car accidents per month for the whole year? [M03/520/S(1) #3] 3. The number of hours of sleep of 21 students are shown in the frequency table below Hours of Sleep 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 Find (a) the median; Number of Students 2 5 4 3 4 2 1 (b) the lower quartile; (c) the interquartile range.

[N04/520/S(1) #7] 7. Let a, b, c and d be integers such that a < b, b < c and c = d.

The mode of these four numbers is 11. The range of these four numbers is 8. The mean of these four numbers is 8.

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A test which is marked out of 100 is written by 800 students. The cumulative frequency graph for the results of the test is given below.

(a) How many students scored 40 marks or less on the test? (b) The middle 50% of test results lie between the marks a and b, where a < b. Write down the values of a and b.

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