CAIE S1 2003 June — Question 1

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2003
SessionJune
TopicData representation
TypeMisleading visual representation features

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  1. \begin{figure}[h]
    \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Sales of Superclene Toothpaste} \includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{df20f053-8d67-428d-bb19-9447049deed5-2_725_1073_347_497}
    \end{figure} The diagram represents the sales of Superclene toothpaste over the last few years. Give a reason why it is misleading.
  2. The following data represent the daily ticket sales at a small theatre during three weeks. $$52,73,34,85,62,79,89,50,45,83,84,91,85,84,87,44,86,41,35,73,86 \text {. }$$ (a) Construct a stem-and-leaf diagram to illustrate the data.
    (b) Use your diagram to find the median of the data.