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Statistical sampling: OCR A‑Level Maths questions

Every OCR A-Level Maths exam question on S.1 Statistical sampling, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q12

    June 2024 · Paper 2

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    June 2024 Paper 2, question 12: Ryan has to choose one student at random from a group of 11 students. Ryan makes the choice using a single throw of two fair, six-sided dice, together with the
  2. Q13

    June 2024 · AS Paper 1

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    June 2024 AS Paper 1, question 13: Some students at a large school are doing a survey about attitudes to school uniform. They want to give a questionnaire to a random sample of 50 students at the
  3. Q10

    June 2022 · AS Paper 1

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    June 2022 AS Paper 1, question 10: The table shows the increases, between 2001 and 2011, in the percentages of employees travelling to work by various methods, in the Local Authorities (LAs) in t
  4. Q11

    November 2021 · Paper 2

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    November 2021 Paper 2, question 11: Zac is planning to write a report on the music preferences of the students at his college. There is a large number of students at the college. (a) State one rea
  5. Q10

    November 2021 · AS Paper 1

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    November 2021 AS Paper 1, question 10: Jane conducted a survey. She chose a sample of people from three towns, A, B and C. She noted the following information. 400 people were chosen. 230 people were
  6. Q8

    June 2019 · AS Paper 1

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    June 2019 AS Paper 1, question 8: (a) Joseph drew a histogram to show information about one Local Authority. He used data from the “Age structure by LA 2011” tab in the large data set. The table
  7. Q10

    June 2019 · AS Paper 1

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    June 2019 AS Paper 1, question 10: The table shows extracts from the “Method of travel by LA” tabs for 2001 and 2011 in the large data set. Local Underground, Bus, Motorcycle, All people in Drivi
  8. Q10

    June 2018 · Paper 2

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    June 2018 Paper 2, question 10: A certain forest contains only trees of a particular species. Dipak wished to take a random sample of 5 trees from the forest. He numbered the trees from 1 to 7
  9. Q9

    June 2018 · AS Paper 1

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    June 2018 AS Paper 1, question 9: Jo is investigating the popularity of a certain band amongst students at her school. She decides to survey a sample of 100 students. (i) State an advantage of u
All 9 questions on Statistical sampling, as a list
  1. June 2024, Paper 2, Q12 (4 marks): Ryan has to choose one student at random from a group of 11 students. Ryan makes the choice using a single throw of two fair, six-sided dice, together with the
  2. June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q13 (10 marks): Some students at a large school are doing a survey about attitudes to school uniform. They want to give a questionnaire to a random sample of 50 students at the
  3. June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q10 (6 marks): The table shows the increases, between 2001 and 2011, in the percentages of employees travelling to work by various methods, in the Local Authorities (LAs) in t
  4. November 2021, Paper 2, Q11 (12 marks): Zac is planning to write a report on the music preferences of the students at his college. There is a large number of students at the college. (a) State one rea
  5. November 2021, AS Paper 1, Q10 (6 marks): Jane conducted a survey. She chose a sample of people from three towns, A, B and C. She noted the following information. 400 people were chosen. 230 people were
  6. June 2019, AS Paper 1, Q8 (3 marks): (a) Joseph drew a histogram to show information about one Local Authority. He used data from the “Age structure by LA 2011” tab in the large data set. The table
  7. June 2019, AS Paper 1, Q10 (6 marks): The table shows extracts from the “Method of travel by LA” tabs for 2001 and 2011 in the large data set. Local Underground, Bus, Motorcycle, All people in Drivi
  8. June 2018, Paper 2, Q10 (9 marks): A certain forest contains only trees of a particular species. Dipak wished to take a random sample of 5 trees from the forest. He numbered the trees from 1 to 7
  9. June 2018, AS Paper 1, Q9 (2 marks): Jo is investigating the popularity of a certain band amongst students at her school. She decides to survey a sample of 100 students. (i) State an advantage of u

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