CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS 8: END OF UNIT 6 TEST
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Stage 8 End of Unit 6 Test
1 Data is collected about new-born babies in hospital. Give an example of
a categorical data ________Gender____________________________ [1]
b continuous data ___________Mass_______________________________ [1]
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c discrete data. __________________Age of mother_________________________________
2 You want to choose a sample of 20 learners from your school year.
a Describe three different ways to do this.
Random sampling__________________________________________________________
___Stratified sampling____________________________________________________________
__Systematic sampling_____________________________________ [3]
b Which of your three methods do you think is the best? Random sampling
Give one advantage and one disadvantage of your method.
Advantage ___It takes up less time, you don’t have to group people and it’s not biased.__ [1]
Disadvantage ___The amount of boys and girls might be unbalanced_____________ [1]
3 There are 20 girls and 30 boys in a sports club.
You want to interview a representative sample of 10 people.
Describe how you will choose your sample.
Choose 4 random girls and 6 random boys
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4 A tally chart is a common method of collecting data. Describe how you could use a tally chart
to record a the number of sisters people have
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how long people can hold their breath.
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5 You want to compare two novels, A and B.
You want to test these two conjectures.
• The words in A are longer than the words in B.
• The sentences in A are longer than the sentences in B.
a Describe how you can collect data to test the first conjecture. Describe how you will take a
sample from each book. Describe how you will record the data.
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b Can you collect data to test the second conjecture in the same way? Are there any
differences?
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6 You want to find out how learners in your school use social media. You have chosen a sample.
a Describe two methods you could use to collect data.
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Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of each method.
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c Which method would you choose? Give a reason for your choice.
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[TOTAL: 20 Marks]
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