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STANDARD 2
Statistical Analysis (Std 2), S1 Data Analysis (Y11) 1. Statistics, STD2 S1 2005 HSC 1 MC
Summary Statistics - No Graph (Std 2) What is the mean of the set of scores?
Summary Statistics - Box Plots (Std 2)
Teacher: Ciara Duffy
(A) 6
Exam Equivalent Time: 82.5 minutes (based on allocation of 1.5 minutes per mark)
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9

2. Statistics, STD2 S1 2017 HSC 1 MC

The box-and-whisker plot for a set of data is shown.

10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55

IMPORTANT FEATURES AND TIPS FROM EXAM HISTORY What is the median of this set of data?
A. 15
MS-S1 Data Analysis has contributed 6.1% per new syllabus Std2 exam since its introduction in 2019.
B. 20
We have split this area into four categories for the purposes of analysis: 1-Bar Charts and Histograms
(0.8%), 2-Other Charts (1.5%), 3-Summary Statistics - Box Plots (1.3%) and 4-Summary Statistics - No C. 30
Graph (2.5%).
D. 35
This analysis looks at the sub-topic Summary Statistics - No Graph (2.5%).

ANALYSIS - What to Expect and Common pitfalls 3. Statistics, STD2 S1 2009 HSC 3 MC
The eye colours of a sample of children were recorded.
Summary Statistics - No Graph questions require students to understand and calculate statistics
such as median, mean, standard deviation (by calculator) and five-number summaries, given a simple When analysing this data, which of the following could be found?
data set.
(A) Mean
A deep understanding of mean calculations is a must, particularly where data sets are "adjusted" and
(B) Median
related mean calculations are required. This question type is regularly asked (most recently in 2022)
and consistently produces sub-50% mean marks (review 2020 Std2 28, 2016 Std2 27b). (C) Mode
Questions on outliers/IQRs have been asked in 5 of the last 8 years, most recently in 2021. We (D) Range
highlight 2018 Q26e for revision attention, which required calculating an IQR from a cumulative
frequency table and was poorly understood.
Standard deviation questions have seen an uptick in recent years and students must be able to find
the std dev of a small data set by calculator (review 2017 Std2 27a) and also explain the measure
conceptually (review 2020 Std2 24).
Marker Comments have highlighted past issues for many students in finding the mean of grouped
data, where they must use the "class centres" for their calculations. This caused major issues in both
2014 and 2006 and deserves attention.
4. Statistics, STD2 S1 2004 HSC 12 MC 7. Statistics, STD2 S1 2008 HSC 10 MC
This box-and-whisker plot represents a set of scores. The marks for a Science test and a Mathematics test are presented in box-and-whisker plots.

What is the interquartile range of this set of scores?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 5
Which measure must be the same for both tests?

5. Statistics, STD2 S1 SM-Bank 2 MC (A) Mean

(B) Range
A dataset has the following five-number summary.
(C) Median
(D) Interquartile range

8. Statistics, STD2 S1 2008 HSC 8 MC

What is the median of the following set of scores?

If the range of the dataset is 8, what is the minimum value of the dataset?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 7

6. Statistics, STD2 S1 2011 HSC 17 MC

The heights of the players in a basketball team were recorded as 1.8 m, 1.83 m, 1.84 m, 1.86 m and
1.92 m. When a sixth player joined the team, the average height of the players increased by 1
centimetre. (A) 12
What was the height of the sixth player? (B) 13
(A) 1.85 m (C) 14
(B) 1.86 m (D) 15
(C) 1.91 m
(D) 1.93 m
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The mean of a set of 5 scores is 62. The box-and-whisker plots show the results of a History test and a Geography test.
What is the new mean of the set of scores after a score of 14 is added?
(A) 38
(B) 54
(C) 62
(D) 76

10. Statistics, STD2 S1 2015 HSC 6 MC

The times, in minutes, that a large group of students spend on exercise per day are presented in the
box‑and‑whisker plot.

In History, 112 students completed the test. The number of students who scored above 30 marks
was the same for the History test and the Geography test.
How many students completed the Geography test?
(A) 8
(B) 50
(C) 56
What percentage of these students spend between 40 minutes and 60 minutes per day on exercise?
(D) 112
(A) 17%
(B) 20%
(C) 25%
(D) 50%
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 RAP Data - Bottom 10%: School result (63%) was 6% below state average (69%) A set of data is displayed in this box-and-whisker plot.

A set of data is summarised in this frequency distribution table.

Which of the following best describes this set of data?

(A) Symmetrical
(B) Positively skewed
(C) Negatively skewed
(D) Normally distributed

Which of the following is true about the data?

15. Statistics, STD2 S1 2007 HSC 21 MC
A. Mode = 7, median = 5.5
This set of data is arranged in order from smallest to largest.
B. Mode = 7, median = 6
C. Mode = 9, median = 5.5
The range is six less than twice the value of .
D. Mode = 9, median = 6
Which one of the following is true?
(A) The median is 12 and the interquartile range is 7.
13. Statistics, STD2 S1 2022 HSC 5 MC
(B) The median is 12 and the interquartile range is 12.
Consider the following dataset.
(C) The median is 13 and the interquartile range is 7.
(D) The median is 13 and the interquartile range is 12.
Which row of the table shows how the median and mean are affected when a score of 5 is added to
the dataset?
16. Statistics, STD2 S1 2016 HSC 19 MC
A soccer referee wrote down the number of goals scored in 9 different games during the season.
2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 8, 9, ...
The last number has been omitted. The range of the data is 10.
What is the five-number summary for this data set?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
17. Statistics, STD2 S1 2005 HSC 22 MC 18. Statistics, STD2 S1 2022 HSC 15 MC
Two groups of people were surveyed about their weekly wages. The results are shown in the box- The cumulative frequency graph shows the distribution of the number of movie downloads made by
and-whisker plots. 100 people in one month.

Which of the following statements is true for the people surveyed?

(A) The same percentage of people in each group earned more than $325 per week.
(B) Approximately 75% of people under 21 years earned less than $350 per week.
Which box-plot best represents the same data as displayed in the cumulative frequency graph?
(C) Approximately 75% of people 21 years and older earned more than $350 per week.
(D) Approximately 50% of people in each group earned between $325 and $350 per week.

19. Statistics, STD2 S1 2013 HSC 26b

 RAP Data - Bottom 14%: School result (63%) was 4% below state average (67%)

Write down a set of six data values that has a range of 12, a mode of 12 and a minimum value of 12.
(2 marks)

20. Statistics, STD2 S1 2019 HSC 19

The heights, in centimetres, of 10 players on a basketball team are shown.
170, 180, 185, 188, 192, 193, 193, 194, 196, 202
Is the height of the shortest player on the team considered an outlier? Justify your answer with
calculations. (3 marks)
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The five-number summary of a dataset is given. The table shows the types of customer complaints received by an online business in a month.
Lowest score = 1
Lowest quartile ( )=4
Median ( )=7
Upper quartile ( ) = 10
Highest score = 20
Is 20 an outlier? Justify your answer with calculations. (2 marks)

22. Statistics, STD2 S1 2014 HSC 29c

a. What are the values of and ? (2 marks)

 Part i: RAP Data - Bottom 14%: School result (70%) was 5% below state average (75%) b. The data from the table are shown in the following Pareto chart.
 Part ii: RAP Data - Bottom 17%: School result (35%) was 4% below state average (39%)
 Part iii: RAP Data - Bottom 23%: School result (27%) was 2% below state average (29%)

Terry and Kim each sat twenty class tests. Terry’s results on the tests are displayed in the box-and-
whisker plot shown in part (i).

i. Kim’s 5-number summary for the tests is 67, 69, 71, 73, 75.
Draw a box-and-whisker plot to display Kim’s results below that of Terry’s results. (1 mark)

The manager will address 80% of the complaints.

Which types of complaints will the manager address? (1 mark)

ii. What percentage of Terry’s results were below 69? (1 mark)

iii. Terry claims that his results were better than Kim’s. Is he correct?
Justify your answer by referring to the summary statistics and the skewness of the distributions.
(4 marks)
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 Part ii: RAP Data - Bottom 6%: School result (12%) was 9% below state average (21%) a. The ages in years, of ten people at the local cinema last Saturday afternoon are shown.

Ali’s class sits two Geography tests. The results of her class on the first Geography test are shown.

The mean of this dataset is 47.1 years.

The mean was 68.5 for the first test.
How many of the ten people were aged between the mean age and the median age? (2 marks)
i. Calculate the standard deviation for the first test. Give your answer correct to one decimal place.
b. On Wednesday, ten people all aged 70 went to this same cinema.
(1 mark)
Would the standard deviation of the age dataset from Wednesday be larger than, smaller than or
ii. On the second Geography test, the mean for the class was 74.4 and the standard deviation was equal to the standard deviation of the age dataset given in part (a)? Briefly explain your answer
12.4. without performing any calculations. (2 marks)
Ali scored 62 on the first test. Calculate the mark that she needed to obtain in the second test to
ensure that her performance relative to the class was maintained. (3 marks)
28. Statistics, STD2 S1 2019 HSC 39
25. Statistics, STD2 S1 2008 HSC 23f Two netball teams, Team A and Team B, each played 15 games in a tournament. For each team, the
number of goals scored in each game was recorded.
Christina has completed three Mathematics tests. Her mean mark is 72%.
The frequency table shows the data for Team A.
What mark (out of 100) does she have to get in her next test to increase her mean mark to 73%? (2
marks)

26. Statistics, STD2 S1 2018 HSC 26e

A cumulative frequency table for a data set is shown.

The data for Team B was analysed to create the box-plot shown.

What is the interquartile range of this data set? (2 marks)

Compare the distributions of the number of goals scored by the two teams. Support your answer with
the construction of a box-plot for the data for Team A. (5 marks)
29. Statistics, STD2 S2 2020 HSC 28 Worked Solutions
Consider the following dataset.
1. Statistics, STD2 S1 2005 HSC 1 MC
Suppose a new value, , is added to this dataset, giving the following.

It is known that is greater than 15. It is also known that the difference between the means of the
two datasets is equal to ten times the difference between the medians of the two datasets.
Calculate the value of . (4 marks)

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3. Statistics, STD2 S1 2009 HSC 3 MC

4. Statistics, STD2 S1 2004 HSC 12 MC

5. Statistics, STD2 S1 SM-Bank 2 MC

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11. Statistics, STD2 S1 2016 HSC 22 MC

7. Statistics, STD2 S1 2008 HSC 10 MC

8. Statistics, STD2 S1 2008 HSC 8 MC

12. Statistics, STD2 S1 2018 HSC 11 MC

13. Statistics, STD2 S1 2022 HSC 5 MC

9. Statistics, STD2 S1 2006 HSC 12 MC

14. Statistics, STD2 S1 2011 HSC 7 MC

♦ Mean mark 47%

15. Statistics, STD2 S1 2007 HSC 21 MC 18. Statistics, STD2 S1 2022 HSC 15 MC

♦♦♦ Mean mark 30%.

16. Statistics, STD2 S1 2016 HSC 19 MC

♦ Mean mark 46%.

19. Statistics, STD2 S1 2013 HSC 26b

17. Statistics, STD2 S1 2005 HSC 22 MC

20. Statistics, STD2 S1 2019 HSC 19

Mean mark 51%.

COMMENT: The last statement
must be made to achieve full
marks here!
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i. ♦ Mean mark 39%

COMMENT: Make sure you are
COMMENT: Stating 20 > 19 is confident with this function on
necessary to justify this answer. your calculator!

ii.

22. Statistics, STD2 S1 2014 HSC 29c

i.

♦♦ Mean mark 21%.

MARKER’S COMMENT: When
“performance relative to the class
is maintained”, are the
same in each test.

25. Statistics, STD2 S1 2008 HSC 23f

ii.
♦ Mean mark 39%

iii.

♦♦ Mean mark 29%

COMMENT: Examiners look
favourably on using language of
location in answers, particularly the
areas they have specifically
pointed students towards
(skewness in this example).

23. Statistics, STD2 S1 2022 HSC 19 26. Statistics, STD2 S1 2018 HSC 26e
a.

♦♦ Mean mark 27%.

b.
♦ Mean mark part (b)
41%.
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a.
Mean mark 53%.
♦ Mean mark part (a) 39%.

b.

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (b) 20%.

28. Statistics, STD2 S1 2019 HSC 39

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♦♦ Mean mark 28%.