CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS 8: END OF UNIT 6 TEST

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Stage 8 End of Unit 6 Test

1 Data is collected about new-born babies in hospital. Give an example of
a categorical data ________Gender____________________________ [1]

b continuous data ___________Mass_______________________________ [1]

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c discrete data. __________________Age of mother_________________________________

2 You want to choose a sample of 20 learners from your school year.

a Describe three different ways to do this.

Random sampling__________________________________________________________

___Stratified sampling____________________________________________________________

__Systematic sampling_____________________________________ [3]

b Which of your three methods do you think is the best? Random sampling

Give one advantage and one disadvantage of your method.

Advantage ___It takes up less time, you don’t have to group people and it’s not biased.__ [1]

Disadvantage ___The amount of boys and girls might be unbalanced_____________ [1]

3 There are 20 girls and 30 boys in a sports club.

You want to interview a representative sample of 10 people.

Describe how you will choose your sample.

Choose 4 random girls and 6 random boys

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4 A tally chart is a common method of collecting data. Describe how you could use a tally chart
to record a the number of sisters people have
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how long people can hold their breath.

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5 You want to compare two novels, A and B.

You want to test these two conjectures.

• The words in A are longer than the words in B.

• The sentences in A are longer than the sentences in B.

a Describe how you can collect data to test the first conjecture. Describe how you will take a
sample from each book. Describe how you will record the data.

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b Can you collect data to test the second conjecture in the same way? Are there any
differences?

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6 You want to find out how learners in your school use social media. You have chosen a sample.

a Describe two methods you could use to collect data.

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Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of each method.

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c Which method would you choose? Give a reason for your choice.

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[TOTAL: 20 Marks]

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