| Exam Board | AQA |
|---|---|
| Module | AS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Session | June |
| Marks | 1 |
| Paper | Download PDF ↗ |
| Mark scheme | Download PDF ↗ |
| Topic | Data representation |
| Type | Describe shape or skewness of distribution |
| Difficulty | Easy -1.8 This is a straightforward recall question requiring only visual interpretation of a boxplot to identify skewness. It's a multiple-choice question with no calculation needed—students simply need to recognize that unequal whisker lengths or median position indicates skewness direction, which is basic AS-level statistics knowledge. |
| Spec | 2.02f Measures of average and spread |
| Answer | Marks | Guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Answer | Mark | Guidance |
| Negatively skewed | B1 | AO2.5 – Circles correct answer |
## Question 11:
| Answer | Mark | Guidance |
|--------|------|----------|
| Negatively skewed | B1 | AO2.5 – Circles correct answer |
---11 Which of the terms below best describes the distribution represented by the boxplot shown in Figure 1?
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\caption{Figure 1}
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\end{center}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
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\caption{Figure 1}
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\end{center}
\end{figure}
Circle your answer.\\
even\\
negatively skewed\\
positively skewed\\
symmetric
\hfill \mbox{\textit{AQA AS Paper 2 2022 Q11 [1]}}