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2.1 K: Statistical sampling

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Question 6

Leon wants to test whether the proportion of diesel cars in England with a CO emission above 0.5 g/km has fallen since 2010. He proposes to answer this using the AQA Large Data Set.

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Using your knowledge of the Large Data Set, give two reasons why Leon's investigation cannot be carried out with this data set.

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b.

Leon suggests that taking a much larger sample from the data set would solve the problem. Explain why it would not.

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c.

State an investigation about CO emissions that Leon could carry out using the Large Data Set, and state the population his conclusion would apply to.

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2.1 K: Statistical sampling Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Maths
  3. /2.1 K: Statistical sampling

28 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Maths 2.1 K: Statistical sampling, covering 2.1.1 Populations, samples and sampling techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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