OCR Stats 1 2018 December — Question 12

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleStats 1 (Statistics 1)
Year2018
SessionDecember
TopicData representation
TypeCompare or interpret cumulative frequency graphs

12 Paul drew a cumulative frequency graph showing information about the numbers of people in various age-groups in a certain region X. He forgot to include the scale on the cumulative frequency axis, as shown below.
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  1. Find an estimate of the median age of the population of region X .
  2. Find an estimate of the proportion of people aged over 60 in region X . Sonika drew similar cumulative graphs for another two regions, Y and Z , but she included the scales on the cumulative frequency axes, as shown below.
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  3. Find an age group, of width 20 years, in which region Z has approximately 3 times as many people as region Y.
  4. State one advantage and one disadvantage of using Sonika's two diagrams to compare the populations in Regions Y and Z.
  5. Without calculation state, with a reason, which of regions Y or Z has the greater proportion of people aged under 40.