Question 6 continued

Yasmine is planning to observe the volunteers for 30 seconds after the ‘cure’ before
moving on to the next volunteer.
(d) Do you think 30 seconds is a sufficient amount of time for Yasmine to wait?
You should explain your answer using your answer to (c) and any other relevant
information found in this question.
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(c) Calculate the probability that the match will finish within the first three sessions
(i.e. in the first 25 Frames).
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Each of sessions 1–4 has a different group of nearly 1000 ticket‑buying spectators, and
each is broadcast live on national television.
(d) Explain why the probability found in (c) may be of concern to the championship
organisers.
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(e) Suggest two possible solutions for the organisers.

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(f) Discuss the validity of the assumptions made throughout this question.
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8 Therese is studying some data collected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a particle
collider located in France and Switzerland.
The data contains light‑intensity measurements from two different sensors (left and
right), measured immediately after a collision of protons. When enough light strikes the
sensor, a measurement can be made of its intensity.
Therese wants to investigate the relationship between the two measurements.
She takes a random sample of 15 collisions and produces the following summary
statistics using a spreadsheet program.
Pearson: r = 0.8000
Regression: y = 1.8392 + 1.0771x
The data for this sample is given in Figure 4.

Left sensor Right sensor Residual

Collision
measurement (x) measurement ( y) (to 2 d.p.)
A 3.59 3.58
B 0 0.88 –0.96
C 10.28 12.32 –0.59
D 1.97 2.68 –1.28
E 3.04 5.81 0.70
F 2.45 5.11 0.63
G 0 9.81 7.97
H 7.38 4.03 –5.76
I 4.83 5.65 –1.39
J 1.25 4.47 1.28
K 14.19 21.81 4.69
L 1.42 3.53 0.16
M 0 4.51 2.67
N 1.29 0 –3.23
O 0.86 0 –2.77

[Data source: DOI:10.7483/OPENDATA.OPERA.XF0L.CYE0]

Figure 4

(a) For each of the sensor measurements, write down the modal value.
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(b) Considering practical aspects of the context, explain why the values found in part (a)
may be expected to be the modal values.
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(c) Find the missing residual for collision A.

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Therese identifies collision G as a significant outlier.

(d) Describe, in context, a situation in which it would be appropriate to discard the data
for this collision in any analysis of the data.
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Therese decides that it is appropriate to discard the data for collision G.

(e) For the new dataset of 14 collisions, find
(i) Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient, r
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(ii) the least squares regression line in the form y = a + bx

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Question 8 continued
Therese’s assistant also calculated values for r, a and b on this new dataset of 14 values.
However, he entered the data in the reverse order in his spreadsheet. He entered the left
sensor data in the column Therese labelled ( y) and the right sensor data in the column
Therese labelled (x).
(f) Which of the calculated values in (e) would be expected to remain the same?
Give a reason for your answer.
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(g) Comment on Therese’s decision to quote the values of r, a and b correct to

4 decimal places.
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(Total for Question 8 is 13 marks)

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