IOW - SCIENCE

IOW: 08 Term 1: (2020-21)

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1 Oliver always beats Mike at computer games.

Oliver says that this is because his nervous system works faster than Mike’s.
They find a computer program which records how long it takes a person to press a
key when the
screen changes colour.
They each do the test four times. Their results are shown in the table.
Oliver’s data in the table is incomplete.

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(a) (i) Calculate the total time Oliver took to do his four trials. [01]
Write your answer in the table.
(ii) Use your result for (a)(i) to find Oliver’s average time for the four trials. [01]
Write your answer in the table.
(iii) Do the results support Oliver’s idea that his nervous system works faster than [01]
Mike’s?

……..Yes/no

Give a reason for your answer.

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(b) Oliver says that his trials contain an anomalous result. [01]
(i) Explain what Oliver means by an anomalous result.

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Which of Oliver’s results is anomalous? [01]

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