| Exam Board | OCR MEI |
|---|---|
| Module | AS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Session | June |
| Marks | 6 |
| Paper | Download PDF ↗ |
| Mark scheme | Download PDF ↗ |
| Topic | Measures of Location and Spread |
| Type | Vertical line chart construction |
| Difficulty | Moderate -0.8 This is a straightforward AS-level statistics question requiring basic skills: drawing a vertical line chart (routine), calculating mean and standard deviation from a frequency table (standard formula application), comparing two samples (simple reasoning about plausibility), and reading a cumulative frequency diagram (basic interpretation). All parts are textbook exercises with no novel problem-solving required, making it easier than average A-level content. |
| Spec | 2.01c Sampling techniques: simple random, opportunity, etc2.02a Interpret single variable data: tables and diagrams2.02f Measures of average and spread2.02g Calculate mean and standard deviation |
| Number of days worked from home | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Frequency | 41 | 65 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 15 |
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Bar line graph | M1 | Bar line graph (accept one bar/line missing or 1 height incorrect); Bars with no spaces, label in middle of bar, Crosses with vertical lines — Pie chart, Coordinates plotted but not joined not acceptable |
| Shape of heights correct and axes labelled reasonably and complete | A1 |
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| \(\bar{x} = 1.82\) | B1 | BC |
| \(sd = 1.526\) to \(1.53\) | B1 | BC; Accept 1.5224/1.52 |
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| No evidence to suggest one or both samples flawed, as different random samples may lead to different results | B1 | oe; Different samples of workers lead to different results so no |
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Ali's conclusion is incorrect. 120 workers aged 60 or less worked from home, and this is about 75% of 159, not 90%. | B1 | Oe; compare 144 with 120 and reason; Incorrect as 90% is less than 63 years; \(40/160 = 25\%\) greater than 60 |
## Question 5(a):
Bar line graph | **M1** | Bar line graph (accept one bar/line missing or 1 height incorrect); Bars with no spaces, label in middle of bar, Crosses with vertical lines — Pie chart, Coordinates plotted but not joined **not acceptable**
Shape of heights correct and axes labelled reasonably and complete | **A1** |
## Question 5(b):
$\bar{x} = 1.82$ | **B1** | BC
$sd = 1.526$ to $1.53$ | **B1** | BC; Accept 1.5224/1.52
## Question 5(c):
No evidence to suggest one or both samples flawed, as different random samples may lead to different results | **B1** | oe; Different samples of workers lead to different results so no
## Question 5(d):
Ali's conclusion is incorrect. 120 workers aged 60 or less worked from home, and this is about 75% of 159, not 90%. | **B1** | Oe; compare 144 with 120 and reason; Incorrect as 90% is less than 63 years; $40/160 = 25\%$ greater than 60
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5 Ali collected data from a random sample of 200 workers and recorded the number of days they each worked from home in the second week of September 2019. These data are shown in Fig. 5.1.
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{ | l | c | c | c | c | c | c | }
\hline
Number of days worked from home & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
\hline
Frequency & 41 & 65 & 33 & 26 & 20 & 15 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty}
\caption{Fig. 5.1}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item Represent the data by a suitable diagram.
\item Calculate
\begin{itemize}
\item The mean number of days worked from home.
\item The standard deviation of the number of days worked from home.
\end{itemize}
Ali then collected data from a different random sample of 200 workers for the same week in September 2019. The mean number of days worked from home for this sample was 1.94 and the standard deviation was 1.75.
\item Explain whether there is any evidence to suggest that one or both of the samples must be flawed.
Fig. 5.2 shows a cumulative frequency diagram for the ages of the workers in the first sample who worked from home on at least one day.
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{e0b502a8-c742-4d78-993c-8c0c7329ec9c-04_671_1362_1452_241}
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty}
\caption{Fig. 5.2}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
Ali concludes that $90 \%$ of the workers in this sample who worked from home on at least one day were under 60 years of age
\item Explain whether Ali's conclusion is correct.
\end{enumerate}
\hfill \mbox{\textit{OCR MEI AS Paper 2 2022 Q5 [6]}}