(a) Twenty-five players in a rugby team voted for their player of the season.
(i)
The three nominations for player of the season were Ashton, Jamal and Oliver.
The frequency table shows the tally of the votes from 10 of the players.
The remaining 15 votes are shown below.
Ashton
Oliver
Jamal
Oliver
Oliver
Jamal
Oliver
Jamal
Jamal
Oliver
Ashton
Jamal
Oliver
Oliver
Jamal
Which player won the vote for player of the season? You must show all your working. [2]
(ii) What percentage of the 25 players voted for Oliver? [2]
(b)
Some of the players in Lindsey’s team have missed games because of injury. She writes a question to find out how many games they have missed. Here is the question:
How many games have you missed this season due to injury?
☐ 0–2 ☐ 2–4 ☐ 5 or more
State one criticism of her question. [1]
Corrected by Westie's Workshop
The board's question paper printed “25 students”. Changed to “25 players” because the question is about the 25 rugby players.
Original: see the board's question paper PDF (link above).
Mark scheme (a)
Scheme
Marks
Comments
(i) Jamal selected and all 3 correct totals seen as tallies or frequencies.
B2
If both tallies and frequencies are given, they must agree for B2 and B1.
Frequencies may not be seen in the table.
B1 for one of the following:
three frequencies or tallies completed with one or two correct and a correct FT decision
three correct frequencies or tallies and an incorrect decision or no decision.
Jamal, with no incorrect working seen.
If no marks, award SC1 for a single slip in converting tallies to frequencies with Jamal selected.
(ii) \(\frac{8}{25}\) (× 100)
M1
FT ‘their frequency’ for Oliver if unambiguously stated in (a)
32 (%)
A1
Mark scheme (b)
Scheme
Marks
Comments
Any suitable explanation, e.g.
‘The boxes overlap’
‘I don’t know which box to tick if I’ve had 2 injuries’
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