EDEXCEL STATISTICS S2 (6684) SPECIMEN PAPER MARK SCHEME

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Scheme Marks
Number
1. (a) Advantage: eg quicker/cheaper B1
Disadvantage: eg doesn’t give the full picture B1 (2)
(b) The register of pupils attending B1 (1)
(c) The individual pupils B1 (1)
(4 marks)

2. (a) X ~ U[0,12] B1, B1 (2)

A B R
(b) ì 0, x<0 M1 A1
1 x ïx
x ï B1 ft (centre)
P(X £ x) = ò 0 12 dt = 12 \ F( x) = í , 0 £ x £ 12
ï12 B1 (ends)
ïî 1 x > 12 (4)
4 =1
(c) P (X < 4) = 12 3 B1 ft (1)

(7 marks)
3 1
3. (a) P(SC) = ; P (HC) = either B1
4 4
Let X represent the number of HC chocolates
\X ~ B(20; 0.25) can be implied B1
P (X = 10) = 0.9961 - 0.9861 = 0.0100 awrt 0.010 B1 (3)
(b) P (X < 5) = P (X £ 4) M1
= 0.4148 awrt 0.415 A1 (2)
(c) Expected number = np = 100 ´ 0.25 = 25 M1 A1 (2)
(7marks)

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EDEXCEL STATISTICS S2 (6684) SPECIMEN PAPER MARK SCHEME

Question
Scheme Marks
Number
0 ´ 37 + 1 ´ 65 + 2 ´ 60 + K + 5 ´ 12 500
4. (a) x= = =2 M1 A1cso (2)
37 + 65 + 60 + K + 12 250

(b) var =
å x2 - 22 = 1478 - 4 = 1.912 (or s 2 = 1.9196K) M1 A1 (2)
250 250
(c) For a Poisson distribution the mean must equal the variance;
parts (a) and (b) are very close, so a Poisson might be a suitable model. B1 (1)
(d) H0: m = 2; H1: m < 2 B1 B1
X = number of errors over 4 pages. Under H0 X ~ P0(8); M1
P(X £ 3) = 0.0424 M1 A1
This is less than 5% so a significant result and there is evidence that the
A1 ft (6)
secretary has improved.
(11 marks)
5. (a) H0 : p = 0.30 H1 : p < 30 B1 B1
X = number ordering vegetarian meal X ~ B (20, 0.30) under H0
P (X £ 3) = 0.1071 >5% M1, A1
\Not significant i.e. no reason to suspect proportion is lower A1 ft (5)
(b) H0 : p = 0.10 H1 : p ¹ 0.10 B1 B1
Y ~ B(100, 0.10) Þ Y » P0 (10)
Y = number ordering vegetarian meal M1

Need a, b such that P(Y £ a) » 0.025 and P(Y ³ b) » 0.025

From tables: P(Y £ 4) = 0.0293 and P(Y £ 16) = 0.9730 M1 A1
ÞP(Y ³ 17 = 0.0270 A1

\Y £ 4 and Y ³ 17 (6)
(c) Significance level is 0.0270 + 0.0293 = 0.0563 (5.6%) B1 ft (1)
(12 marks)

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EDEXCEL STATISTICS S2 (6684) SPECIMEN PAPER MARK SCHEME

Question
Scheme Marks
Number
6. (a) X = number of sheep per square X ~ P0 (2.25) B1 (1)
(b) P( X = 0 ) = e-2.25 = 0.105399 ... awrt 0.105 B1 (1)

- £ - 2.25
é (2.25) ù
2
M1, M1
(c) P (X > 2) 1 P (X 2), =1– e ê1 + 2.25 + ú
êë 2! úû A1

1 - 0.60933… = 0.39066 awrt 0.391 A1 (4)

(d) Sheep would tend to cluster – no longer randomly scattered B1 (1)
(e) Y ~ P0 (20) Þ normal approx, m = 20, s = 20 M1, A1

æ 14.5 - 20 ö
P (Y < 15) = P (Y £ 14.5), = Pç Z £ ÷ ± 1
2 M1, M1
è 20 ø
= P (Z £ -1.2298…) A1
= 1 - 0.8907 = 0.1093 AWRT 0.109 M1 A1 (7)
(14 marks)

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EDEXCEL STATISTICS S2 (6684) SPECIMEN PAPER MARK SCHEME

Question
Scheme Marks
Number
7. (a) B1, B1
B1 (3)
æ 1 27 ö
ç , ÷
è 20 20 ø

3
3 1 4 é x5 ù 242 M1 [M1]
(b) E( X ) = ò x dx = ê ú = = 2.42 (3)
1 20 ë100 û 1 100 A1
3
3 1 5 é x6 ù 728
(c) s = ò2 2
x dx - m = ê 2
ú -m = - (2.42 )2 = 0.21026 M1 [M1]
1 20 ë120 û 1 120

\ s = 0.459 A1 cso (3)

x
x 1 3 é t4 ù x4 1
(d) P( X £ x ) = ò1 t dt = ê ú = - M1 [M 1]1x A1 cso
20 ë 80 û 1 80 80

ì 0 x £1
ï 1 4
F(x ) = í x -1 ( ) 1< x < 3 B1 ft, centre (5)
ï 80 x³3
B1 ends
î 1

(e) F( p ) = 0.25 Þ
80
(
1 4
)1
p - 1 = \ p 4 = 21 Þ p = 2.14 ...
4
M1 A1

F(q ) = 0.75 Þ
80
(
1 4
)3
q - 1 = \ q 4 = 61 Þ q = 2.79 ...
4
A1

IQR=0.65 A1 ft (4)
4
(f) IQR » ´ 0.459 = 0.612 , B1
3
Sensible comment, e.g. reasonable approximation or slight underestimate B1 (2)
(20 marks)

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