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Edexcel A-Level Mathematics Statistics overview quiz quiz

12questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which sampling method divides the population into groups and samples each in proportion to its size?

  2. For XB(n,p)X \sim B(n, p), what is the mean of the distribution?

  3. Two events AA and BB are independent. Which statement is true?

  4. To standardise a value from XN(μ,σ2)X \sim N(\mu, \sigma^2), which formula do you use?

  5. In a two-tailed hypothesis test at the 5%5\% significance level, how is the level split?

  6. An outlier is commonly defined as a value more than how many times the IQR beyond a quartile?

  7. What is P(AB)P(A \cup B) when P(A)=0.6P(A) = 0.6, P(B)=0.5P(B) = 0.5 and P(AB)=0.3P(A \cap B) = 0.3?

  8. Predicting a value outside the range of the data is called what, and is it reliable?

  9. Which is a valid condition for using a binomial model?

  10. For a large nn, the binomial B(n,p)B(n, p) is approximated by which normal distribution?

  11. What does the null hypothesis H0H_0 represent in a hypothesis test?

  12. A census differs from a sample because it does what?