Jacaranda Maths Quest 9 Stage 5 New South Wales Australian curriculum

Topic 5: Single variable data analysis

Test A [5.1–5.2] Name: __________________________

Mark
1 Which of the following is the best way to select a random sample from a population? 1
A Choose your best friends.
B Pick names out of the A section of a phone book.
C Write everyone’s name on plastic balls, place them in a hat and select one at random.
D Choose only left-handers.
E Ask every third person who walks into a supermarket.

2 If there are 40 Year 9 girls in a school of 642 people, how many of these girls should be on 1
a committee of 12 students, if stratified sampling is used?
A 0
B 1
C 2
D 4
E Cannot be determined from the given information

3 Given the following stem-and-leaf plot, the median is: 1

Key 2|1 = 21
Stem Leaf
2 027
3 13369
4 0011178
5 3456
6 2669
7 38
8 3

A 1
B 4
C 7
D 44
E 41

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4 A soccer player scores a mean of 1.5 goals per game. The total number of goals that she can 1
expect to score in 30 matches is:
A 30
B 45
C 50
D 60
E 65

5 Consider the frequency table below. 1

The missing number in the frequency table is:

A 1
B 5
C 7
D 14
E 20

6 The following are the number of text messages some students send to each other on a daily 1
basis. Find the median of these scores.

25 23 17 15 19 21 28 30 26 28

A 20
B 21
C 23
D 24
E 25

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7 The median and the mode of the following data set is: 1

3 4 5 6 7 8 10 10 10 11 11 12

A 10 and 10 respectively
B 8.1 and 10 respectively
C 9 and 10 respectively
D 10 and 9 respectively
E Cannot be determined from the given information

8 A data set has 120 scores and a mean score of 65.3. What is the total of the 120 scores? 1
A 653
B 6530
C 7836
D 78 360
E None of the above

9 From 80 Year 9 students and 100 Year 10 students, 27 are to be selected as a representative 1
sample. The number of Year 10 students in the sample should be:

10 The mean and mode of the following data set is: 1

5 17 21 21 7 13 3 1

A mean = 11, mode = 21

B mean = 10, mode = 21
C mean = 11, mode = 5
D mean = 10, mode = 1
E mean = 13, mode = 21

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11 For a certain data set: 2

(a) the maximum value is 98 and the range is 63. What is the minimum value?
(b) the minimum value is 98 and the range is 63. What is the maximum value?

12 Consider the stem-and-leaf plot below. 2

Key 6 | 3 = 6.3
Ste Leaf
m
6 88
7 1137899
8 5668
9 1144499

For the data in the stem-and-leaf plot, find:

(a) the median
(b) the mode.

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13 Construct a histogram from the following frequency table. 4

(a) What is the median?

(b) Describe the shape of the histogram.

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14 For the following data set: 4

42 55 72 66 64 56 80 67 80 43 66 75 68 70 48 75 72

(a) draw an ordered stem-and-leaf plot

(b) calculate the upper and lower quartiles
(c) calculate the interquartile range.

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15 The dot plots below show the daily minimum temperature for the first two weeks in June 4
for 2009 and 2010.

(a) Use the data to create an ordered back-to-back stem plot.

(b) In which year were there more days with a daily minimum temperature less than
14°C?

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16 The following are daily wages in dollars for 11 workers. 3

195 280 275 315 420 275 160 842 359 275 740

Ann says that the average wage is $280.

Harry says the average wage is $376.
Show how they can both be correct.

17 The ages of the members of a running club are shown on the following histogram. 3

(a) How many members are in the running club?

(b) How many people are less than 15 years old in the club?
(c) What percentage of the members is at least 25 years old?

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18 A football club has 1200 members, of which 840 are male. If the club wants to conduct a 2
survey of 200 members, what will the number of males would they have to survey for an
unbiased survey?

19 A television executive organises a survey of what type of program is the most popular. This 2
survey is conducted by randomly selecting names from the telephone book and surveying
whoever answers the phone.
(a) Is this a fair way of conducting the survey?
(b) If the survey is conducted on a Wednesday morning, would it be free from bias?

20 The following are the daily wages in dollars for 11 workers. 3

190 285 280 310 425 270 320 682 370 264 718

Ann says that the average wage is $280.

Harry says the average wage is $376.
Show how they can both be correct.

Total marks: 39

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