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WST02/01
Pearson Edexcel
International Advanced Level
Statistics S2
Advanced/Advanced Subsidiary
Friday 17 anuary 201! A"ternoon
Ti#e$ 1 %our &0 #inutes
'aterials re(uired "or exa#ination Ite#s included )it% (uestion *a*ers
Mathematical Formulae (Blue) Nil
+andidates #ay use any calculator allo)ed by t%e re,ulations o" t%e oint +ouncil "or
-uali"ications. +alculators #ust not %ave t%e "acility "or sy#bolic al,ebra #ani*ulation/
di""erentiation and inte,ration/ or %ave retrievable #at%e#atical "or#ulae stored in t%e#.
Instructions
Use blac0 ink or ball-point pen.
If pencil is used for diarams!sketches!raphs it must be dark ("B or B).
#oloured pencils and hihlihter pens must not be used.
Fill in t%e boxes at the top of this pae $ith %our name&
centre number and candidate number.
'ns$er all (uestions and ensure that %our ans$ers to parts of (uestions are
clearl% labelled.
'ns$er the (uestions in the spaces pro)ided
* there may be more space than you need.
+ou should sho$ sufficient $orkin to make %our methods clear. 'ns$ers
$ithout $orkin ma% not ain full credit.
,alues from the statistical tables should be (uoted in full. -hen a calculator is
used& the ans$er should be i)en to an appropriate deree of accurac%.
In"or#ation
.he total mark for this paper is /0.
.he marks for eac% (uestion are sho$n in brackets
* use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
Read each (uestion carefull% before %ou start to ans$er it.
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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 $ill be
(a) (i) e2actl% 7&
(ii) more than 5.
456
' second random sample of 796 leaf cuttins is selected.
(b) Usin a suitable appro2imation& estimate the probabilit% of at least 76 leaf cuttins takin
root.
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2. Bill o$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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