GRADE 12 STATISTICS
TIME: 30 MINUTES TOTAL: 24 MARKS
QUESTION 1
The time taken (to the nearest minute) for a certain task to be completed was recorded on
48 occasion and the following data was obtained.
TIME (in minutes) FREQUENCY
11 ≤ 𝑡 < 15 6
15 ≤ 𝑡 < 19 9
19 ≤ 𝑡 < 23 13
23 ≤ 𝑡 < 27 12
27 ≤ 𝑡 < 30 8
1.1 Complete the cumulative frequency table. (1)
1.2 Draw an ogive (Cumulative frequency curve) for the given data. (4)
1.3 Determine, from the ogive, the median, lower quartile and upper quartile for the data. (3)
1.4 Draw a box-and-whisker diagram of the data. (2)
1.5 Comment on the spread of the time taken to complete the task. (1)
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QUESTION 2
A recording company investigates the relationship between the number of times a CD is played
by a national radio station and the national sales of the same CD in the following week. The
data below was collected for a random sample of 10 CDs. The sales figures are rounded to the
nearest 50.
Number of times a 47 34 40 34 33 50 28 53 25 46
CD is played
Weekly sales of the 3950 2500 3700 2800 2900 3750 2300 4400 2200 3400
CD
2.1 Identify the independent variable. (1)
2.2 Draw a scatter plot for the given data. (3)
2.3 Determine the equation of least squares regression line. (4)
2.4 Calculate the correlation coefficient. (2)
2.5 Predict, correct to the nearest 50, the weekly sales for a CD that was played 45
times by the radio station in the previous week. (2)
2.6 Comment on the strength of the relationship between the variables. (1)
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