This question was reported to be well attempted by majority of the candidates. Their performance in this question was also reported to be good. Candidates were reported to have shown that if there were no restrictions, then number of ways of selecting 6 person from a group of 7 boys and 4 girls was 11C6 = 462 ways.
The probability of selecting at least two girls implied that either 2 or 3 or 4 girls could be selected. It does not include 5 and 6 since there were only 4 girls in the group i.e. Pr(at least 2 girls) = + + = + + or 0.80
Many candidates were reported not to have interpreted “at least 2 girls” correctly.
In part(b), candidates were expected to rank the students’ score in each subject, find the squared difference in their ranks and apply the formula r = 1 - where d = difference in ranks and n = number of observations, r = correlation coefficient, as shown:
Student |
Rank in Theory |
Rank in Practical |
d |
d2 |
A |
4 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
B |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
C |
5 |
7 |
-2 |
4 |
D |
7 |
8 |
-1 |
1 |
E |
2 |
5 |
-3 |
9 |
F |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
1 |
G |
6 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
H |
8 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
∑d²=32 |
|
|
Therefore r = 1 = 0.
