Math MOCK EXAM

Topic 4 Notes
1 SL 4.1: Population and Data
2 Population
3 Concepts of population, sample, random sample, discrete and continuous data.
4 Reliability of data sources and bias in sampling.
5 Interpretation of outliers
6 Sampling techniques and their effectiveness.
7 Presentation of Data
8 Presentation of data (discrete and continuous): frequency distributions (tables).
Histograms; cumulative frequency; cumulative frequency graphs; use to find
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median, quartiles, percentiles, range and interquartile range (IQR).
10 Production and understanding of box and whisker diagrams.

11 SL 4.3: Central Tendency

12 Central Tendency
Measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode). Estimation of mean from
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grouped data.
14 Modal Class
15 Modal class.
16 Measures of dispersion (interquartile range, standard deviation and variance).
17 Effect of constant changes on the original data.
18 Quartiles of discrete data.

19 SL 4.4: Linear Correlation

20 Scatter diagrams
Linear correlation of bivariate data. Pearson’s product-moment correlation
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coefficient, r
22 Scatter diagrams; lines of best fit, by eye, passing through the mean point.
23 Regression
24 Equation of the regression line of y on x.
Use of the equation of the regression line for prediction purposes. Interpret the
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meaning of the parameters, a and b, in a linear regression y = ax + b.

26 SL 4.5: Introduction to Probability

27 Introduction to Probability
Concepts of trial, outcome, equally likely outcomes, relative frequency, sample
28 space (U) and event. The probability of an event A is P(A) = n(A)/n(U). The
complementary events A and A′ (not A).
29 Expected number of occurrences.
30 Venn Diagrams
Use of Venn diagrams, tree diagrams, sample space diagrams and tables of
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outcomes to calculate probabilities.

32 SL 4.6: Types of Probabilities

33 Combined Events
Combined events: P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B) − P(A ∩ B), mutually exclusive
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events: P(A ∩ B) = 0.
35 Conditional Events
36 Conditional probability: P(A|B) = P(A ∩ B)/P(B).
Formal definition and use of the formulae: P(A|B) = P(A ∩ B)/P(B) for
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conditional probabilities
38 Independent Events
39 Independent events: P(A ∩ B) = P(A)P(B).
Formal definition and use of the formulae: P(A|B) = P(A) = P(A|B′) for
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independent events.
41 Bayes Theorem
42 Use of Bayes’ theorem for a maximum of three events.

43 SL 4.7: Random variables

44 Discrete Variables
Concept of discrete random variables and their probability distributions, expected
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value (mean), for discrete data, applications.
46 Expected value (mean), for discrete data.
47 Variance of a discrete random variable.
48 Mean, variance and standard deviation of discrete random variables.
49 The effect of linear transformations of X.

50 Applications
51 Applications
52 Continuous Variables
53 Mode and median of continuous random variables.
54 Continuous random variables and their probability density functions.
55 Mean, variance and standard deviation of continuous random variables.
56 The effect of linear transformations of X.

57 SL 4.8: Distributions
58 Binomial Distribution
59 Binomial distribution.
60 Mean and variance of the binomial distribution.
61 Normal Distribution
The normal distribution and curve, properties of the normal distribution,
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diagrammatic representation.
63 Normal probability calculations.
64 Inverse normal calculations
65 Standardization of normal variables (z- values).
66 Inverse normal calculations where mean and standard deviation are unknown.

67 SL 4.10: Bivariate Statistics

68 Regression
69 Equation of the regression line of x on y.
70 Use of the equation for prediction purposes.