OCR MEI Paper 2 2018 June — Question 12

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 2 (Paper 2)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicIndependent Events
TypeReal-world independence interpretation

12 You must show detailed reasoning in this question. In the summer of 2017 in England a large number of candidates sat GCSE examinations in both mathematics and English. 56\% of these candidates achieved at least level 4 in mathematics and \(80 \%\) of these candidates achieved at least level 4 in English. 14\% of these candidates did not achieve at least level 4 in either mathematics or English. Determine whether achieving level 4 or above in English and achieving level 4 or above in mathematics were independent events.