Advanced Higher Statistics Practice Questions - Advanced Higher Statistics (Qualifications Scotland SCQF Level 7) Exam - Advanced Higher Statistics Practice Questions - Advanced Higher Statistics (Qualifications Scotland SCQF Level 7) Exam

Question 1

A statistician divides a population of Scottish high school students into subgroups based on local authority area and then takes a simple random sample from within each subgroup proportional to its size. Which sampling method is being used?

Stratified random sampling Cluster sampling Systematic sampling Quota sampling

Correct Answer:

Stratified random sampling

Question 2

A researcher selects every 25th household from an alphabetical register of address postcodes in Edinburgh. What type of sampling strategy is being applied?

Simple random sampling Systematic sampling Stratified sampling Convenience sampling

Correct Answer:

Systematic sampling

Question 3

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates non-response bias in a statistical survey?

An interviewer subtly prompts respondents toward a specific answer A telephone poll excludes individuals who do not own a landline telephone A survey sent by email receives responses primarily from individuals with strong positive or negative opinions while others ignore it A measurement device consistently overstates the weight of agricultural yields by 5 grams

Correct Answer:

A survey sent by email receives responses primarily from individuals with strong positive or negative opinions while others ignore it

Question 4

In an experimental trial comparing two crop fertilizers, fields are grouped into blocks based on soil moisture levels before randomly assigning fertilizer types within each block. What is the primary purpose of blocking in experimental design?

To prevent Type I errors from occurring during hypothesis testing To eliminate the need for a control group in the experiment To guarantee that the sample size in each treatment group is doubled To reduce nuisance variation attributable to known extraneous factors like soil moisture

Correct Answer:

To reduce nuisance variation attributable to known extraneous factors like soil moisture

Question 5

A study compares exam results of students who voluntarily attended extra evening tutoring sessions against those who did not attend. Why cannot causal inferences be drawn directly from this study?

It is an observational study subject to confounding variables such as student motivation The sample size is inherently too small to permit statistical inference Observational studies can never yield statistically significant p-values Tutoring sessions are ethically prohibited from being evaluated statistically

Correct Answer:

It is an observational study subject to confounding variables such as student motivation

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