1. 340 475 people live in Brinton.

A company carried out a survey.

It used a random sample of 1500 of the 340 475 people.
870 of this sample of 1500 people were male.

Work out an estimate for the number of females living in Brinton.

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(Total 3 marks)

2. Melanie wants to find out how often people go to the cinema.

She gives a questionnaire to all the women leaving a cinema.

Her sample is biased.

Give two possible reasons why.

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(Total 2 marks)

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3. Poppy wants to find out for how much time people use their computer.

She uses this question on a questionnaire.

For how much time do you use your computer?

0–1 hours 3–4 hours

1–2 hours 4–5 hours

2–3 hours 5–6 hours

(a) Write down two things that are wrong with this question.

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Poppy gives her questionnaire to all the students in her class.

Her sample is biased.

(b) Give one reason why.

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(Total 3 marks)

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4. (a) Explain what is meant by

(i) a random sample,

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(ii) a stratified sample.

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 The table shows some information about the members of a golf club.

Age range Male Female Total

Under 18 29 10 39

18 to 30 82 21 103

31 to 50 147 45 192

Over 50 91 29 120

Total number of members 454

The club secretary carries out a survey of the members.

He chooses a sample, stratified both by age range and by gender, of 90 of the 454 members.

(b) Work out an estimate of the number of male members, in the age range 31 to 50, he
would have to sample.

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(2)
(Total 4 marks)

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5. Hamid wants to find out what people in Melworth think about the sports facilities in the town.
Hamid plans to stand outside the Melworth sports centre one Monday morning.
He plans to ask people going into the sports centre to complete a questionnaire.

Carol tells Hamid that his survey will be biased.

(i) Give one reason why the survey will be biased.

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(ii) Describe one change Hamid could make to the way in which he is going to carry out his
survey so that it will be less biased.

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(Total 2 marks)

6. There are 970 students in Bayton High School.

Brian takes a random sample of 100 students.
He asks these 100 students which subject they like best.
They can choose English or Maths or Science.
Brian is going to use his results to work out an estimate of how many of the 970 students like
English best.

Explain how.

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(Total 2 marks)

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7. The table shows some information about the pupils at Statson School.

Year group Boys Girls Total

Year 7 104 71 175
Year 8 94 98 192
Year 9 80 120 200
Total 278 289 567

Kelly carries out a survey of the pupils at Statson School.

She takes a sample of 80 pupils, stratified by both Year group and gender.

(a) Work out the number of Year 8 boys in her sample.

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(b) (i) Explain what is meant by a random sample.

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(ii) Describe a method that Kelly could use to take a random sample of Year 8 boys.

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(Total 4 marks)

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8. The table gives information about the number of girls in each of four schools.
School A B C D Total
Number of girls 126 82 201 52 461

Jenny did a survey of these girls.

She used a stratified sample of exactly 80 girls according to school.

Work out the number of girls from each school that were in her sample of 80.
Complete the table.
School A B C D Total
Number of girls 80

(Total 3 marks)

9. The table shows the number of boys in each of four groups.

Group A B C D Total
Number of boys 32 43 38 19 132

Jamie takes a sample of 40 boys stratified by group.

Calculate the number of boys from group B that should be in his sample.

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(Total 2 marks)

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10. The two-way table shows information about the number of students in a school.

Year Group Total

7 8 9 10 11

Boys 126 142 140 135 125 670

Girls 134 140 167 125 149 715
Total 260 282 307 260 276 1385

Robert carries out a survey of these students.

He uses a sample of 50 students stratified by gender and by year group.

Calculate the number of girls from year 9 that are in his sample.

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(Total 2 marks)

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