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(c) Chickens produce eggs.

The effect of the age of a chicken on the mass of the eggs it laid was investigated.
A statistical test can be used to see if there is a significant correlation between the
age of a chicken and the mass of her eggs.
The value generated by this statistical test will always be between −1.0 to +1.0.
The table shows the mass of eggs collected from chickens of different ages.

Rank of Mass of egg Rank of 2

Age / weeks D D
age /g mass of egg

36 1 2.27 8 −7 49

39 2 1.91

42 3 2.18    5.5 −2.5 6.25

45 4 2.28 9 −5 25

48 5 2.12 4 1 1

51 6 2.19 7 −1 1

54 7 2.18    5.5 1.5 2.25

57 8 2.09 3 5 25

60 9 2.03 2

(i) Calculate the value for ∑ D 2.

Use the table to help you.
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∑D 2
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(ii) Calculate the correlation coefficient, rs value, for this data using the formula:
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rs = 1 −
6(∑ D ) 2

n( n − 1) 2

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(iii) The null hypothesis is that there was no significant correlation between the
age of the chicken and the mass of the eggs laid.
Another scientist replicated this study and gained a correlation coefficient
value of 0.38.
The table shows the critical values at the 95% probability level.

Critical values at the 0.05 %

Number of pairs of data
probability level

8 0.738

9 0.683

10 0.648

Explain whether the null hypothesis should be accepted or rejected.

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(Total for Question 8 = 15 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER = 80 MARKS

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