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Data Analysis, GEN1 2024 VCAA 6 MC

More than 11000 athletes from more than 200 countries competed in the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games.

An analysis of the number of athletes per country produced the following five-number summary.

\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\rule{0pt}{2.5ex} \textbf{Minimum} \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt}& \textbf{First quartile } & \textbf{Median } & \textbf{Third quartile} & \textbf{Maximum } \\
\hline
\rule{0pt}{2.5ex} 2 \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt}& 5 & 11 & 48 & 613 \\
\hline
\end{array}

The smallest number of athletes per country that would display as an outlier on a boxplot of this data is

  1. 49
  2. 112
  3. 113
  4. 613
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\(C\)

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\(IQR=48-5=43\)

\(\text{Lower limit not applicable as < 0.}\)

\(\text{Upper boundary}\) \(=Q_3+1.5\times IQR\)
  \(=48+1.5\times 43\)
  \(=112.5\)

\(\therefore\ \text{Smallest number of athletes to show as an outlier = 113.}\)

\(\Rightarrow C\)

Data Analysis, GEN1 2024 VCAA 5 MC

The number of siblings of each member of a class of 24 students was recorded.

The results are displayed in the table below.

\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\rule{0pt}{2.5ex} \quad 2 \quad \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & \quad 1 \quad & \quad 3 \quad & \quad 2 \quad & \quad 1 \quad & \quad 1 \quad & \quad 1 \quad & \quad 4 \quad & \quad 1 \quad & \quad 1 \quad & \quad 1 \quad & \quad 1 \quad \\
\hline
\rule{0pt}{2.5ex} 1 \rule[-1ex]{0pt}{0pt} & 2 & 1 & 2 & 2 & 1 & 3 & 4 & 2 & 2 & 3 & 1 \\
\hline
\end{array}

A boxplot was constructed to display the spread of the data.

Which one of the following statements about this boxplot is correct?

  1. There are no outliers.
  2. The value of the interquartile range (IQR) is 1.5
  3. The value of the median is 1.5
  4. All of the five-number summary values are whole numbers.
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\(C\)

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\(Q_1=1,\ Q_2=1.5,\ Q_3=2\rightarrow\ \text{eliminate D}\)

\(IQR=2-1=1\rightarrow\ \text{eliminate B}\)

\(Q_3+1.5\times IQR=2+1.5\times 1\rightarrow 4\ \text{is an outlier}\rightarrow\ \text{eliminate A}\)

\(Q_2=1.5 \longrightarrow \text{Median }=1.5\rightarrow\ \text{C correct}\)

\(\Rightarrow C\)

CORE, FUR2 2021 VCAA 1

In the sport of heptathlon, athletes compete in seven events.

These events are the 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot-put, javelin, 200 m run, 800 m run and long jump.

Fifteen female athletes competed to qualify for the heptathlon at the Olympic Games.

Their results for three of the heptathlon events – high jump, shot-put and javelin – are shown in Table 1.
 

  1. Write down the number of numerical variables in Table 1.  (1 mark)
  2. Complete Table 2 below by calculating the mean height jumped for the high jump, in metres, by the 15 athletes. Write your answer in the space provided in the table.  (1 mark)
     

     
  3. In shot-put, athletes throw a heavy spherical ball (a shot) as far as they can.
    Athlete number six, Jamilia, threw the shot 14.50 m.
    Calculate Jamilia's standardised score (`z`).
    Round your answer to one decimal place.  (1 mark)
  4. In the qualifying competition, the heights jumped in the high jump are expected to be approximately normally distributed.
    Chara's jump in this competition would give her a standardised score of  `z = –1.0`
    Use the 68–95–99.7% rule to calculate the percentage of athletes who would be expected to jump higher than Chara in the qualifying competition.  (1 mark)
     
  5. The boxplot below was constructed to show the distribution of high jump heights for all 15 athletes in the qualifying competition.
     

     Explain why the boxplot has no whisker at its upper end.  (1 mark)
  6. For the javelin qualifying competition (refer to Table 1), another boxplot is used to display the distribution of athlete's results.
     An athlete whose result is displayed as an outlier at the upper end of the plot is considered to be a potential medal winner in the event.
    What is the minimum distance that an athlete needs to throw the javelin to be considered a potential medal winner?  (2 marks)
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  1. `3`
  2. `1.81`
  3. `0.5 \ text{(to d.p.)}`
  4. `84text(%)`
  5. `text{See Worked Solutions}`
  6. `46.89 \ text{m}`
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a.    `3 \ text{High jump, shot-put and javelin}`

 `text{Athlete number is not a numerical variable}`
  

b.     `text{High jump mean}`

`= (1.76 + 1.79 + 1.83 + 1.82 + 1.87 + 1.73 + 1.68 + 1.82 +`

`1.83 + 1.87 + 1.87 + 1.80 + 1.83 + 1.87 + 1.78) ÷ 15`

`= 1.81`
 

c.   `z text{-score} (14.50)` `= {14.50 – 13.74}/{1.43}`
    `= 0.531 …`
    `= 0.5 \ text{(to 1 d.p.)}`

 
d.  `P (z text{-score} > -1 ) = 84text(%)`
 

e.  `text{If the} \ Q_3 \ text{value is also the highest value in the data set,}`

`text{there is no whisker at the upper end of a boxplot.}`
 

f.  `text{Javelin (ascending):}`

`38.12, 39.22, 40.62, 40.88, 41.22, 41.32, 42.33, 42.41, `

`42.51, 42.65, 42.75, 42.88, 45.64, 45.68, 46.53`

`Q_1 = 40.88 \ \ , \ Q_3 = 42.88 \ \ , \ \ IQR = 42.88 – 40.88 = 2`

`text{Upper Fence}` `= Q_3 + 1.5  xx IQR`
  `= 42.88 + 1.5 xx 2`
  `= 45.88`

 
`:. \ text{Minimum distance = 45.89 m  (longer than upper fence value)}`

CORE, FUR1 2020 VCAA 1-3 MC

The times between successive nerve impulses (time), in milliseconds, were recorded.

Table 1 shows the mean and the five-number summary calculated using 800 recorded data values.
 


 

Part 1

The difference, in milliseconds, between the mean time and the median time is

  1.  10
  2.  70
  3.  150
  4.  220
  5.  230

 
Part 2

Of these 800 times, the number of times that are longer than 300 milliseconds is closest to

  1. 20
  2. 25
  3. 75
  4. 200
  5. 400

 
Part 3

The shape of the distribution of these 800 times is best described as

  1. approximately symmetric.
  2. positively skewed.
  3. positively skewed with one or more outliers.
  4. negatively skewed.
  5. negatively skewed with one or more outliers.
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`text(Part 1:)\ B`

`text(Part 2:)\ D`

`text(Part 3:)\ C`

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Part 1

`text(Difference)` `= 220 -150`
  `= 70`

`=> B`
 

Part 2

`Q_3 = 300`

`:.\ text(Impulses longer than 300 milliseconds)`

`= 25text(%) xx 800`

`= 200`

`=> D`
 

Part 3

`text(Distribution has a long tail to the right)`

♦ Mean mark 50%.

`:.\ text(Positively skewed)`

`text(Upper fence)` `= Q_3 + 1.5 xx IQR`
  `= 300 + 1.5 (300 – 70)`
  `= 645`

 
`=> C`

CORE, FUR2 2018 VCAA 1

The data in Table 1 relates to the impact of traffic congestion in 2016 on travel times in 23 cities in the United Kingdom (UK).

The four variables in this data set are:

  • city — name of city
  • congestion level — traffic congestion level (high, medium, low)
  • size — size of city (large, small)
  • increase in travel time — increase in travel time due to traffic congestion (minutes per day).
  1. How many variables in this data set are categorical variables?  (1 mark)
  2. How many variables in this data set are ordinal variables  (1 mark)
  3. Name the large UK cities with a medium level of traffic congestion.  (1 mark)
  4. Use the data in Table 1 to complete the following two-way frequency table, Table 2.  (2 marks)
     

     


     

  5. What percentage of the small cities have a high level of traffic congestion?  (1 mark)

Traffic congestion can lead to an increase in travel times in cities. The dot plot and boxplot below both show the increase in travel time due to traffic congestion, in minutes per day, for the 23 UK cities.
 


 

  1. Describe the shape of the distribution of the increase in travel time for the 23 cities.  (1 mark)
  2. The data value 52 is below the upper fence and is not an outlier.

     

    Determine the value of the upper fence.  (1 mark)

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  1. `3\ text(city, congestion level, size)`
  2. `2\ text(congestion level, size)`
  3. `text(Newcastle-Sunderland and Liverpool)`
  4. `text(See Worked Solutions)`
  5. `25 text(%)`
  6. `text(Positively skewed)`
  7. `52.5`
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a.   `3\ – text(city, congestion level, size)`
 

b.   `2\ – text(congestion level, size)`
 

c.   `text(Newcastle-Sunderland and Liverpool)`
 

d.   

 

e.    `text(Percentage)` `= text(Number of small cities high congestion)/text(Number of small cities) xx 100`
    `= 4/16 xx 100`
    `= 25 text(%)`

 
f.   `text(Positively skewed)`
 

g.   `IQR = 39 – 30 = 9`
 

`text(Calculate the Upper Fence:)`

`Q_3 + 1.5 xx IQR` `= 39 + 1.5 xx 9`
  `= 52.5`

CORE, FUR2 2013 VCAA 2

The development index for each country is a whole number between 0 and 100.

The dot plot below displays the values of the development index for each of the 28 countries that has a high development index.
 

CORE, FUR2 2013 VCAA 21 
 

  1. Using the information in the dot plot, determine each of the following.
     

     

    Core, FUR2 2013 VCAA 2_2   (1 mark)
     

  2. Write down an appropriate calculation and use it to explain why the country with a development index of 70 is an outlier for this group of countries.  (2 marks)
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  1. `text(Mode = 78,  Range = 9)`
  2. `text(See Worked Solutions)`
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a.   `text(Mode = 78)`

`text(Range = 79 − 70 = 9)`

 

b.   `text(An outlier occurs if a data point is below)`

`Q_1 − 1.5 xx IQR`

 

`Q_1 = 75, \ \ Q_3 = 78, and IQR = 78-75=3`

`:. Q_1 − 1.5 xx IQR` `= 75 − 1.5 xx 3`
  `= 70.5`

 

`:. 70\ text{is an outlier  (70 < 70.5)}`