Planning & Types of Data (Edexcel GCSE Statistics: Higher)

Exam Questions

47 mins14 questions
1a
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Carl needs to know the population of Northern Ireland.

Using the internet, Carl found that an estimate for the population of Northern Ireland in 2022 is 1 910 543 people.

Explain why this statistic is an example of secondary data.

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Give one advantage and one disadvantage of using secondary data.

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Sarah is investigating the lateness of trains that arrive at Bristol Temple Meads station.

Explain why it is sensible for Sarah to collect secondary data for her investigation.

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Jemima is investigating how the cost of renewable energy sources has changed over time.

Suggest a hypothesis Jemima could use.

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Gary is using data about professional football players.

Here are five words that can be used to describe different types of data.

qualitative space space space space space quantitative space space space space space bivariate space space space space space discrete space space space space space continuous

(i) Use one of the words in the list to describe the type of data needed for names of players.

[1]

(ii) Use two of the words in the list to describe the type of data needed for the number of trophies won.

[2]

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5a
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At Aria's gym, there is a scheme to reduce the number of members using single-use plastic bottles.

For a survey, Aria asked everyone entering the gym on Wednesday afternoon whether they had brought a reusable bottle or a single-use bottle with them. Her results are shown below.

Bottle type

Frequency

Single-use

25

Reusable

60

Aria concludes from her survey that the scheme is working.

Explain whether or not Aria's results support her conclusion.

5b
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Oliver suggests that Aria's results are not suitable to reach a reliable conclusion.

Give one reason why Oliver may be correct.

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6a
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Georgia wants to collect information about the total mass of fruits and vegetables that she weighs and sells to each customer at a local farmer's market.

The table she has designed to record this information is shown below.

Total mass of items sold (grams)

Frequency

0 less or equal than m less or equal than 99

                    

100 less or equal than m less or equal than 199

                    

200 less or equal than m less or equal than 299

                    

300 less or equal than m less or equal than 399

                    

400 less or equal than m

                    

Suggest a problem that Georgia may encounter with the groups she has created when recording her data.

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In the table below, write down a different set of groups that would be more appropriate for Georgia to use to record her data.

Total mass of items sold (grams)

Frequency

                    

                    

                    

                    

                    

                    

                    

                    

                    

                    

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Mr Powell is the Headteacher of a school with 800 students.

He wants to find out about how students at his school use revision websites to help them with their studies.

He is going to write a plan for his enquiry.

Write down one thing Mr Powell should include in his plan for each of

  • data collection

  • choice of sampling method

  • a diagram to represent the data collected.

Explain why each of the things you have written down is appropriate.

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A restaurant owner wants to get feedback on a new dish that they introduced.

There were 200 customers who tried the dish.

The owner plans to give a questionnaire to a sample of 30 of these customers.

One of the questions on the questionnaire is:

To what extent do you agree with the statement, the dish was delicious?

Use an integer scale from 0 to 5, where 0 means I strongly disagree and 5 means I strongly agree.

Circle the word from the list that best describes the type of data that this question collects.

grouped space   bivariate space   continuous space   ordinal

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Emily read a report that said that these days more people prefer shopping online than shopping in physical shops.

She decided to investigate how the 15,000 students at her university prefer to do their shopping.

Emily wrote the following as a hypothesis:

Do more students prefer shopping online than in physical shops?

Comment on whether it is appropriate to use this as a hypothesis.

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Emily's friend Mira is at a different university and plans to carry out a similar investigation.

Emily and Mira agree to use a questionnaire and question students in their university's cafeterias. They then plan to compare their results.

Discuss two things that Emily and Mira should have considered in planning their investigations to help improve the reliability and validity of their comparisons.

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Obi found the weight, in grams, of each of 50 plants.

Circle the two words from the list of seven words below that best describe the data Obi found.

quantitative space space space qualitative space space space discrete space space space continuous
bivariate space space space ordinal space space space categorical

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Yuki investigates the heights of 200 people at a sports event. The shortest person at the event is 150 cm tall, and the tallest person is 200 cm tall.

Yuki decides to use a grouped frequency table to show her results.

(i) Give two advantages of using grouped data rather than raw data.

[2]

(ii) Give one disadvantage of using grouped data rather than raw data.

[1]

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Yuki is considering using one of the two possible frequency tables, Table A or Table B, shown below.

Table A

Height (h cm)

Frequency

150 less or equal than h less than 160

55

160 less or equal than h less than 170

70

170 less or equal than h less than 180

67

180 less or equal than h less than 190

6

190 less or equal than h less than 200

2

Table B

Height (h cm)

Frequency

120 less or equal than h less than 140

0

140 less or equal than h less than 160

55

160 less or equal than h less than 180

137

180 less or equal than h less than 200

8

200 less or equal than h less than 220

0

Yuki claims that Table A gives more detail than Table B about her results.

Assess whether or not Yuki's claim is appropriate.

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Neil is investigating the effect of sugar on memory retention.

Here is what Neil has written down for his hypothesis and how he plans to collect, process, and present his data.

Hypothesis

  • Does sugar improve memory retention?

Data collection

  • Pre-test the memory retention test

  • Each person to complete the memory test, then eat a sugary snack, wait a while, and then complete the memory test a second time

  • Each person to record their memory retention scores in a spreadsheet

Processing and presenting data

  • Look for outliers in the data and remove them if found

  • Calculate the median and quartiles

  • Draw a box plot for the memory retention scores after sugar has been consumed

Discuss whether Neil's hypothesis and his plans for collecting, processing, and presenting data are appropriate.

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Ali is going to investigate the amount of time students spend studying on weekdays.

She is going to write a plan for this investigation.

Her hypothesis is

"The amount of time that students in higher year groups spend studying is greater than the amount of time that students in lower year groups spend studying."

Write down three other things she should include in her plan.

Explain why each of these things is appropriate.

You must refer to more than one stage of the statistical enquiry cycle.

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A coffee shop has a loyalty program with 350 regular customers.

The shop manager wants to gather information about the amount of money spent by each loyalty program member on each visit to the coffee shop.

The manager decides on the following plan:

  • Record the amount of money spent by each of the first 40 customers who visit the coffee shop on a Saturday morning.

  • Draw a pie chart for the amounts of money spent.

  • Find the mean of the amounts of money spent.

Discuss whether the manager’s plan is likely to be effective.

You should comment on both the collection of data and on the analysis of results.

Where appropriate, you should suggest improvements to the plan.

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