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Introduction to hypothesis testing: Edexcel A‑Level Statistics questions

Every Edexcel A-Level Statistics exam question on H.8 Introduction to hypothesis testing, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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    June 2024 · Statistical Inference

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    June 2024 · Statistics in Practice

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    November 2021 · Statistical Inference

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All 16 questions on Introduction to hypothesis testing, as a list
  1. June 2025, Statistical Inference, Q3 (9 marks): 3 Sedentary lifestyles are widely discussed as a possible contributor to increased health issues in later life. Sedentary behaviour is defined as any waking beh
  2. June 2025, Statistics in Practice, Q6 (10 marks): 6 A scientist wishes to research the ratio of male badgers to female badgers living wild in the UK. To investigate this, the scientist intends to collect data i
  3. June 2024, Statistical Inference, Q2 (6 marks): 2 In October 2021, just ahead of the COP26 UN Climate conference in Glasgow, 75% of adults, aged 18 years or over, in Great Britain agreed with the statement “I
  4. June 2024, Statistics in Practice, Q4 (19 marks): 4 Steven uses a delivery company for his business. The company classifies packages as ‘small’ if they weigh up to a maximum of 2 kg Steven sells pumpkins online
  5. June 2024, Statistics in Practice, Q6 (19 marks): 6 Josceline has a music player with 145 songs stored on it. The shuffle function on Josceline’s music player selects the next song to play by randomly selecting
  6. June 2023, Statistics in Practice, Q6 (24 marks): 6 In field hockey, some fouls result in the awarding of a penalty corner. A player then has the opportunity to score a goal from the penalty corner. A study of
  7. June 2022, Statistical Inference, Q2 (18 marks): 2 A large-scale study of the sleeping habits of students in India was carried out. Students in the study were required to fill out questionnaires about their sl
  8. November 2021, Statistical Inference, Q3 (8 marks): 3 Stewart is planning a survey of 85 randomly sampled business leaders in his industry. He believes that most business leaders in his industry would support the
  9. November 2021, Statistical Inference, Q7 (21 marks): 7 Trains arrive into stations either early, on time or late. An early arrival is recorded as a negative delay. An on-time arrival is recorded as zero delay. A l
  10. November 2021, Statistics in Practice, Q4 (9 marks): 4 Sal manages a large company based in the UK. He reads a report about flexible working. It says that 32% of employees in the UK feel that flexible working is d
  11. November 2020, Statistical Inference, Q2 (7 marks): 2 A survey investigated whether shoppers prefer to buy cucumbers wrapped in plastic or unwrapped. Of these shoppers, 75% preferred to buy unwrapped cucumbers. J
  12. November 2020, Statistics in Practice, Q3 (11 marks): 3 People buy and sell shares in companies to try to make money. Share prices can change daily and the daily percentage change of a share price can be calculated
  13. November 2020, AS Paper 2, Q5 (12 marks): 5 In the game of cricket, a ‘one-day international’ (ODI) is a match between two national teams that lasts a single day. A match can be won, lost or result in a
  14. June 2019, Statistical Inference, Q4 (9 marks): 4 In 2015, a nuclear energy advocacy group claimed that a majority of adults in the USA support nuclear energy. In the same year, a Gallup telephone poll of a s
  15. June 2019, AS Paper 2, Q4 (6 marks): 4 A sample taken from a normally-distributed data population produces the following summary statistics on a calculator. Ex Ex2 mindO 01 Med 03 =8.0848 =404.24 =
  16. June 2018, AS Paper 1, Q3 (11 marks): 3 Neville is trying to research fitness levels of people under 25 for his PhD. He is particularly interested in the exercise habits of young people with diabete

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