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For further information, please visit our qualification website at [qualifications.pearson.com. Alternatively](qualifications.pearson.com. Alternatively), you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at [qualifications.pearson.com/contactus](qualifications.pearson.com/contactus)  \nAbout Pearson  \nPearson is the world's leading learning company, with 35,000 employees in more than 70 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. We put the learner at the centre of everything we do, because wherever learning flourishes, so do people. Find out more about how we can help you and your learners at [qualifications.pearson.com](qualifications.pearson.com)  \nReferences to third party material made in this sample assessment materials are made in good faith. Pearson does not endorse, approve or accept responsibility for the content of materials, which may be subject to change, or any opinions expressed therein. (Material may include textbooks, journals, magazines and other publications and websites.)  \nAll information in this document is correct at time of publication.  \nOriginal Origami Artwork designed by Beth Johnson and folded by Mark Bolitho  \nOrigami photography: Pearson Education Ltd/Naki Kouyioumtzis  \nISBN 978 1 4469 4613 8  \nAll the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Limited 2017  \nContents  \nIntroduction 1  \nGeneral marking guidance 3  \nPaper 1 – sample assessment question paper 5  \nPaper 1 – sample mark scheme 29  \nPaper 2 – sample assessment question paper 43  \nPaper 2 – sample mark scheme 67  \nPaper 3 – sample assessment question paper 81  \nPaper 3 – sample mark scheme 109  \nThe Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Statistics is designed for use in schools and colleges. It is part of a suite of AS/A Level qualifications offered by Pearson. These sample assessment materials have been developed to support this qualification and will be used as the benchmark to develop the assessment students will take.  \nThe booklet‘Statistical formulae and tables’will be provided for use with these assessments and can be downloaded from our website, [qualifications.pearson.com](qualifications.pearson.com).  \nPearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Statistics – Sample Assessment Materials Issue 1 – September 2017 © Pearson Education Limited 2017  \n1  \n2  \nPearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Statistics – Sample Assessment Materials Issue 1 – September 2017 © Pearson Education Limited 2017  \n• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the last candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the first.  \n• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than be penalised for omissions.  \n• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme – not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie .  \n• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e . if the answer matches the mark scheme .  \n• Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme .  \n• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification/indicative content will not be  \nexhaustive . 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