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Date May Specimen paper Marks available 1 Reference code SPM.1.SL.TZ0.3
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 0
Command term State Question number 3 Adapted from N/A

Question

At the end of a school day, the Headmaster conducted a survey asking students in how many classes they had used the internet.

The data is shown in the following table.

The mean number of classes in which a student used the internet is 2.

State whether the data is discrete or continuous.

[1]
a.

Find the value of k .

[4]
b.

It was not possible to ask every person in the school, so the Headmaster arranged the student names in alphabetical order and then asked every 10th person on the list.

Identify the sampling technique used in the survey.

[1]
c.

Markscheme

discrete         A1

[1 mark]

a.

24 + 60 + 3 k + 40 + 15 + 6 88 + k = 2        M1A1

Note: Award M1 for substitution into the formula for the mean, award A1 for a correct equation.

attempt to solve their equation       (M1)

k = 31       A1

[4 marks]

b.

systematic      A1

[1 mark]

c.

Examiners report

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a.
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b.
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c.

Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.1—Concepts, reliability and sampling techniques
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