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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
46..&313&%*$5&%
Afternoon Paper
reference 8MA0/21
Mathematics
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 21: Statistics
You must have: Total Marks
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Green), calculator
Candidates may use any calculator allowed by Pearson regulations. Calculators
must not have the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation and
integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
•
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
••
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
•
– there may be more space than you need.
You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear.
•
Answers without working may not gain full credit.
Values from statistical tables should be quoted in full. If a calculator is used instead of
•Information
tables the value should be given to an equivalent degree of accuracy.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.
•• A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
•
Try to answer every question.
If you change your mind about an answer, cross it out and put your new answer and any
•
working underneath.
Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over
SUMMER 2026
PREDICTED PAPER
, 1 State one disadvantage of using quota sampling compared with simple random sampling.
(1 mark)
2 A hypothesis test uses a sample of data in an experiment to test a statement made about
the value of a population parameter (p ).
Explain, in the context of hypothesis testing, what is meant by:
(i) ‘sample of data’,
(ii) ‘population parameter’
(iii) ‘null hypothesis’,
(iv) ‘alternative hypothesis’,
(v) ‘test statistic’.
(5 marks)
Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
46..&313&%*$5&%
Afternoon Paper
reference 8MA0/21
Mathematics
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 21: Statistics
You must have: Total Marks
Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables (Green), calculator
Candidates may use any calculator allowed by Pearson regulations. Calculators
must not have the facility for symbolic algebra manipulation, differentiation and
integration, or have retrievable mathematical formulae stored in them.
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
•
If pencil is used for diagrams/sketches/graphs it must be dark (HB or B).
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
••
centre number and candidate number.
Answer all questions and ensure that your answers to parts of questions are clearly labelled.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
•
– there may be more space than you need.
You should show sufficient working to make your methods clear.
•
Answers without working may not gain full credit.
Values from statistical tables should be quoted in full. If a calculator is used instead of
•Information
tables the value should be given to an equivalent degree of accuracy.
Inexact answers should be given to three significant figures unless otherwise stated.
•• A booklet ‘Mathematical Formulae and Statistical Tables’ is provided.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
•
Try to answer every question.
If you change your mind about an answer, cross it out and put your new answer and any
•
working underneath.
Check your answers if you have time at the end. Turn over
SUMMER 2026
PREDICTED PAPER
, 1 State one disadvantage of using quota sampling compared with simple random sampling.
(1 mark)
2 A hypothesis test uses a sample of data in an experiment to test a statement made about
the value of a population parameter (p ).
Explain, in the context of hypothesis testing, what is meant by:
(i) ‘sample of data’,
(ii) ‘population parameter’
(iii) ‘null hypothesis’,
(iv) ‘alternative hypothesis’,
(v) ‘test statistic’.
(5 marks)
