AQA AS Paper 2 2022 June — Question 13

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicMeasures of Location and Spread
TypeCompare using calculated statistics

13 Two random samples of 12 NOX emissions (in \(\mathrm { g } / \mathrm { km }\) ) were taken from the Large Data Set. One sample was taken from the 2002 data and the other sample from the 2016 data.
The sample data are shown below:
\multirow{2}{*}{2002}0.0310.0190.0910.0250.0300.061
0.0470.0290.0590.3630.3300.376
\multirow{2}{*}{2016}0.0050.0470.0530.0630.0260.013
0.0580.0120.0100.0100.0080.008
The mean and standard deviation of the 2002 sample data are 0.122 and 0.137 respectively. 13
  1. Find the mean and standard deviation of the 2016 sample data giving your answers correct to three decimal places.
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  2. Siti claims these samples show that, on average, the NOX emissions across all makes of car in all areas of the UK have fallen by over 75\% between 2002 and 2016. 13
    1. Show how Siti's claim of 'over 75\%' has been obtained.
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  3. (ii) Using your knowledge of the Large Data Set, make two comments on the validity of Siti's claim. Comment 1
    \section*{Comment 2}