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Date May 2021 Marks available 2 Reference code 21M.1.SL.TZ2.5
Level Standard Level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term State Question number 5 Adapted from N/A

Question

The number of sick days taken by each employee in a company during a year was recorded. The data was organized in a box and whisker diagram as shown below:

For this data, write down

the minimum number of sick days taken during the year.

[1]
a.i.

the lower quartile.

[1]
a.ii.

the median.

[1]
a.iii.

Paul claims that this box and whisker diagram can be used to infer that the percentage of employees who took fewer than six sick days is smaller than the percentage of employees who took more than eleven sick days.

State whether Paul is correct. Justify your answer.

[2]
b.

Markscheme

2        A1 


[1 mark]

a.i.

6        A1 


[1 mark]

a.ii.

8        A1 


[1 mark]

a.iii.

EITHER

Each of these percentages represent approximately 25% of the employees.             R1


OR

The diagram is not explicit enough to show what is happening at the quartiles regarding 6 and 11 / we do not have the data points             R1


OR

Discrete data not clear how to interpret “fewer”.             R1


THEN

Hence, Paul is not correct (OR no such inference can be made).        A1 


Note: Do not award R0A1.


[2 marks]

b.

Examiners report

[N/A]
a.i.
[N/A]
a.ii.
[N/A]
a.iii.
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b.

Syllabus sections

Topic 4—Statistics and probability » SL 4.2—Histograms, CF graphs, box plots
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