Applied Unit 1 Statistical Sampling QP

Statistics Year 1 (AS) Unit Test 1: Statistical Sampling
1 a Explain what is meant by a census. (1 mark)

b Write down two disadvantages of using a census rather than a sample. (2 marks)
Each circuit board produced at GC Electronics is given a unique serial number. GC
Electronics produces circuit boards in batches of 5000. Before selling each batch,
the company tests a random sample of 20 circuit boards from the batch to check
that they will fit into a standard computer slot.
c Suggest a suitable sampling frame from which to obtain this sample. (1 mark)
d Identify the sampling units. (1 mark)
2 a Explain what is meant by the word ‘population’. (1 mark)

Jo needs to conduct a survey to investigate the type of kitchen cleaner people
prefer. She wants a random sample of people who use kitchen cleaners. She
decides to stand in a busy high street on a Saturday afternoon and attempt to get
shoppers to answer her questions.
b State the sampling technique Jo has used. (1 mark)
Having been unsuccessful in obtaining enough data from her previous attempt, Jo
decides to look at the electoral register for a town and selects a sample of 50
households to contact. She decides to select every 10th name on the electoral
register to add to her sample.
c State the sampling technique Jo has used. (1 mark)
d Give two reasons why Jo may again be unsuccessful getting the data required
using this sampling technique. (2 marks)
e Suggest an alternative method for Jo to use and explain your reasons. (2 marks)
3 Before redecorating the school canteen the headteacher decided to survey the
opinion of staff and students.
a Explain why the headteacher decided to take a stratified sample of staff and
students. (1 mark)
b Suggest a suitable sampling frame. (1 mark)
c Identify the sampling units. (1 mark)
There are 250 students and 30 staff at the school.
d Explain how the headteacher could take a stratified sample of size 60. (3 marks)
e Suggest a problem that might arise with the sampling frame when selecting the
staff and students. (1 mark)
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4 An online newspaper has a large number of readers, some of whom subscribe to

extra content that can only be viewed if they pay a monthly fee. Based on reviews
on the newspaper’s website, the editor of the newspaper believes that an additional
publication could be introduced. Before making this change the editor decides to
carry out a sample survey to obtain the opinions of the readers. He uses only those
members who subscribe to the additional content.
a Define the population that would be generally associated with the newspaper. (1 mark)
b Suggest a suitable sampling frame for the survey. (1 mark)
c Identify the sampling units. (1 mark)
d Give one advantage and one disadvantage that would have resulted from the
editor using a census rather than a sample survey. (2 marks)
As a pilot study the editor took a random sample of 25 subscribers.
e State two sources of uncertainty that could occur with sampling. (2 marks)
5 Graham is researching the affects a high protein diet has on the glucose level of
adults aged 25 to 35. He decides to collect blood samples from 50 females and 50
males.
a State the sampling technique Graham has used. (1 mark)
b Give two advantages and one disadvantage of this sampling technique. (3 marks)
Graham then decides to select the 50 male blood samples from an alphabetical list
of 300 names of males aged 25 to 35, each of whom has agreed to supply a sample
if asked.
c Explain how Graham could use a calculator or a random number generator to
take a simple random sample from the males aged 25 to 35. (3 marks)
Graham has an equivalent list of 300 females.
d Explain how Graham could take a systematic sample of blood from females
aged 25 to 35. (2 marks)
6 A factory produces shopping bags for a large supermarket chain. The breaking load
of a bag is the maximum load that it can carry before it breaks. The supermarket
chain places an order for 50 000 shopping bags but wishes to know the breaking
load of the bags.
a Suggest two reasons why a census would be unsuitable for this purpose. (2 marks)
The factory tests five shopping bags and the loads required for the bags to break
are shown below:
17.89 kg 15.24 kg 9.72 kg 12.31 kg 13.89 kg
b The factory claims that the shopping bags can carry 12 kg of goods without
breaking. Use the sample data to comment on this claim. (2 marks)
c Describe any limitations to the sample the factory has collected. (2 marks)
d Suggest one way the factory could improve the reliability of its prediction. (1 mark)
7 The table shows the daily mean temperatures in °C at Perth Airport for the first 20
days in May 1987. The data is taken from the large data set.
Daily mean
Date
temperature (°C)
01/05/1987 14.9
02/05/1987 13.7
03/05/1987 15.3
04/05/1987 16.9
05/05/1987 18.4
06/05/1987 21.6
07/05/1987 20.4
08/05/1987 16.6
09/05/1987 14.6
10/05/1987 10.0
11/05/1987 11.5
12/05/1987 12.3
13/05/1987 12.9
14/05/1987 13.1
15/05/1987 13.8
16/05/1987 14.8
17/05/1987 14.5
18/05/1987 13.5
19/05/1987 14.5
20/05/1987 13.8
a Describe the type of data represented by daily mean temperature. (1 mark)

Jennifer is investigating the daily temperature at Perth. She wants to select a
sample of size 5 from the daily temperatures at Perth from the first 20 days in May
1987.
b Describe what Jennifer could use as the sampling frame. (1 mark)
c Describe the type of sample Jennifer could take and explain how she could
collect her sample. (2 marks)
Sally is investigating rainfall in Leeming in 1987. The large data set provides data
for 184 consecutive days in 1987.
d Describe how Sally could take a systematic sample of 30 days from the data for
Leeming in 1987. (3 marks)
e Explain why Sally’s sample would not necessarily give her 30 data points for
her investigation. (1 mark)

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Statistics Year 1 (AS) Unit Test 1: Statistical Sampling

1 a Explain what is meant by a census. (1 mark)

2 a Explain what is meant by the word ‘population’. (1 mark)

4 An online newspaper has a large number of readers, some of whom subscribe to

a Describe the type of data represented by daily mean temperature. (1 mark)

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