Paper Reference(s)
WST02/01
Pearson Edexcel
International Advanced Level
Statistics S2
Advanced/Advanced Subsidiary
Friday 17 anuary 201! A"ternoon
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In"or#ation
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#heck %our ans$ers if %ou ha)e time at the end.
1. .he probabilit% of a leaf cuttin successfull% takin root is 6.60.
Find the probabilit% that& in a batch of 76 randoml% selected leaf cuttins& the number takin
root $ill be
(a) (i) e2actl% 7&
(ii) more than 5.
456
' second random sample of 796 leaf cuttins is selected.
(b) Usin a suitable appro2imation& estimate the probabilit% of at least 76 leaf cuttins takin
root.
4&6
2. Bill o$ns a restaurant. :)er the ne2t four $eeks Bill decides to carr% out a sample sur)e% to
obtain the customers; opinions.
(a) <uest a suitable samplin frame for the sample sur)e%.
416
(b) Identif% the samplin units.
416
(c) =i)e one ad)antae and one disad)antae of takin a census rather than a sample sur)e%.
426
Bill belie)es that onl% >6? of customers $ould like a reater choice on the menu. "e takes a
random sample of 06 customers and finds that 56 of them $ould like a reater choice on the
menu.
(d) .est& at the 0? sinificance le)el& $hether or not the percentae of customers $ho $ould
like a reater choice on the menu is more than Bill belie)es. <tate %our h%potheses
clearl%.
426
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&. .he continuous random )ariable X has cumulati)e distribution function i)en b%
6 6
7
( ) ( 7) 6 5
9
7 5
x
F x x x x
x
<
= +
>
(a) Find the )alue of a such that P(X B a) C 6.8.
=i)e %our ans$er to > sinificant fiures.
4&6
(b) Use calculus to find (i) 1(X)
(ii) ,ar(X).
476
!. .he number of telephone calls per hour recei)ed b% a business is a random )ariable $ith
distribution Po().
#harlotte records the number of calls& C& recei)ed in 8 hours.
' test of the null h%pothesis "
6
D C 7.0 is carried out.
"
6
is reEected if C B 76.
(a) -rite do$n the alternati)e h%pothesis.
416
(b) Find the sinificance le)el of the test.
4&6
=i)en that P(C B 76) F 6.7&
(c) find the larest possible )alue of that can be found b% usin the tables.
4&6
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5. ' school photocopier breaks do$n randoml% at a rate of 70 times per %ear.
(a) Find the probabilit% that there $ill be e2actl% > breakdo$ns in the ne2t month.
4&6
(b) <ho$ that the probabilit% that there $ill be at least 5 breakdo$ns in the ne2t month is
6.>00 to > decimal places.
426
(c) Find the probabilit% of at least 5 breakdo$ns in each of the ne2t 8 months.
426
.he teachers $ould like a ne$ photocopier. .he head teacher arees to monitor the situation
for the ne2t 75 months. .he head teacher decides he $ill bu% a ne$ photocopier if there is
more than 7 month $hen the photocopier has at least 5 breakdo$ns.
(d) Find the probabilit% that the head teacher $ill bu% a ne$ photocopier.
456
2. .he continuous random )ariable X has probabilit% densit% function i)en b%
( )
( )
5
7 7 7
f ( ) 9 5 7 >
6 other$ise
k x x
x k x x
= <
$here k is a positi)e constant.
(a) <ketch the raph of f(x).
426
(b) <ho$ that the )alue of k is
>
56
.
456
(c) Gefine full% the cumulati)e distribution function F(x).
456
(d) Find the median of X& i)in %our ans$er to > sinificant fiures.
4&6
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7. .he random )ariable Y H B(n& p).
Usin a normal appro2imation the probabilit% that Y is at least 90 is 6.5599 and the
probabilit% that Y is more than 05 is 6.I@88
Find the )alue of n and the )alue of p.
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