# WST01/01 October 2019

> WST01/01 October 2019: 7 questions, 75 marks. Difficulty 0.39, deviation 0.18, algebraic 0.33, text density 0.41. Edexcel IAL Mathematics S1.

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Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · 2019 October

This Statistics 1 (WST01) paper contains 7 questions worth 75 marks. The profile below reports five mark-weighted difficulty and complexity measures, and every question row repeats them. Full question text and mark scheme open in the Interactive Practice Hub.

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Core finding

**WST01/01 October 2019 is a past paper for Edexcel IAL Statistics 1 (WST01), with 7 questions worth 75 marks.** Its mark-weighted Difficulty Measure is 0.39 on a 0.20–0.75 scale, with a Difficulty Deviation of 0.18 and a mark split of 37.3% Easy, 44.0% Medium and 18.7% Hard. Algebraic complexity averages 0.33; text density and modelling average 0.41. All five measures use 25 part-level tags, not candidate results. Every question row below repeats them and opens the Interactive Practice Hub for that question.

## Difficulty & complexity profile

All five measures are mark-weighted and calculated from 25 parts carrying 75 part marks. Difficulty tags cover 25 parts, algebraic tags 25 and text-density tags 25. Tags are internal metadata, not official exam-board ratings.

- **Difficulty Measure**: 0.39 — 0.20–0.75 · nearer Medium
- **Difficulty Deviation**: 0.18 — 0 = uniform; higher = more mixed
- **Difficulty Ratio**: 37.3 / 44.0 / 18.7 — % Easy / Medium / Hard
- **Algebraic Complexity Measure**: 0.33 — 0.20–0.75 · nearer Medium
- **Text Density and Modelling Measure**: 0.41 — 0.20–0.75 · nearer Medium

Scale: Easy 0.20 · Medium 0.45 · Hard 0.75, and Low 0.20 · Medium 0.45 · High 0.75 for the two complexity measures. [How each band is defined and how the values are calculated →](https://www.examsci.com/guides/difficulty-and-complexity-measures/)

### Definitions and calculation

| Measure | Paper value | Formula |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Difficulty Measure** | 0.39 | Σ(d_i × w_i) / Σw_i, with d = 0.20 / 0.45 / 0.75 |
| **Difficulty Deviation** | 0.18 | √(Σw_i(d_i − μ)^2 / Σw_i) |
| **Difficulty Ratio** | 37.3% Easy / 44.0% Medium / 18.7% Hard | marks in band / all tagged marks |
| **Algebraic Complexity Measure** | 0.33 | Σ(c_i × marks_i) / Σmarks_i, with c = 0.20 / 0.45 / 0.75 |
| **Text Density and Modelling Measure** | 0.41 | Σ(t_i × marks_i) / Σmarks_i, with t = 0.20 / 0.45 / 0.75 |

w_i equals the part marks, except for a Hard part worth 4 or more marks, where w_i = marks^0.75 to offset the accessible starter steps inside long structured questions.

## Question list

Each measure is recalculated from the parts of that question and uses the same weights as the paper profile.

| Question | Topic | Marks | Difficulty Measure | Algebraic Complexity Measure | Text Density and Modelling Measure | Practice |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Q1** FRQ | [4. Correlation and regression](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/correlation-and-regression/) | 11 | 0.34 Medium | 0.34 Medium | 0.45 Medium | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=16c43531-bb62-4052-82d4-4c39368745df&question_id=4fab4c8c-1b1a-4a78-94c7-e7bc1797fc75&source_detail=WST01%2F01+October+2019) |
| **Q2** FRQ | [2. Representation and summary of data](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/representation-and-summary-of-data/) | 13 | 0.32 Easy | 0.20 Low | 0.28 Low | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=16c43531-bb62-4052-82d4-4c39368745df&question_id=c7c53468-8129-47a4-9954-8550896bbdb8&source_detail=WST01%2F01+October+2019) |
| **Q3** FRQ | [6. The Normal distribution](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/the-normal-distribution/) | 8 | 0.49 Medium | 0.36 Medium | 0.64 High | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=16c43531-bb62-4052-82d4-4c39368745df&question_id=cb3f332c-3f1f-4769-a461-3eea642f1eed&source_detail=WST01%2F01+October+2019) |
| **Q4** FRQ | [4. Correlation and regression](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/correlation-and-regression/) | 6 | 0.37 Medium | 0.37 Medium | 0.37 Medium | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=16c43531-bb62-4052-82d4-4c39368745df&question_id=6414d94d-4628-42a0-b90d-a62ca56b9a99&source_detail=WST01%2F01+October+2019) |
| **Q5** FRQ | [3. Probability](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/probability/) | 12 | 0.26 Easy | 0.20 Low | 0.26 Low | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=16c43531-bb62-4052-82d4-4c39368745df&question_id=92b687f0-5247-40d7-b12a-b8f53d6cea6a&source_detail=WST01%2F01+October+2019) |
| **Q6** FRQ | [6. The Normal distribution](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/the-normal-distribution/) | 10 | 0.57 Medium | 0.45 Medium | 0.60 Medium | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=16c43531-bb62-4052-82d4-4c39368745df&question_id=eafd7e0a-fa4c-46c0-ada7-690914aabaa0&source_detail=WST01%2F01+October+2019) |
| **Q7** FRQ | [5. Discrete random variables](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/discrete-random-variables/) | 15 | 0.48 Medium | 0.42 Medium | 0.38 Medium | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=16c43531-bb62-4052-82d4-4c39368745df&question_id=ac8dd8b9-a9e7-4a48-aa17-53dc1d9a57b4&source_detail=WST01%2F01+October+2019) |

## Topics in this paper

- [4. Correlation and regression](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/correlation-and-regression/)
- [2. Representation and summary of data](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/representation-and-summary-of-data/)
- [3. Probability](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/probability/)
- [6. The Normal distribution](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/the-normal-distribution/)
- [5. Discrete random variables](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-1-wst01/discrete-random-variables/)

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## Paper FAQ

**How are the difficulty and complexity measures calculated?**

Each part is weighted by its official marks. Difficulty uses Easy 0.20, Medium 0.45 and Hard 0.75; algebraic complexity and text density and modelling use Low 0.20, Medium 0.45 and High 0.75. A Hard part worth 4 or more marks is down-weighted to marks^0.75, so the accessible starter steps inside a long structured question do not inflate the difficulty result. This paper's Difficulty Measure is 0.39 from 25 parts.

**What does the Difficulty Deviation show?**

It is the mark-weighted standard deviation of the part difficulty values around the paper mean. A value of 0 would mean every tagged part has the same difficulty; this paper's deviation is 0.18, so its parts are more mixed than a single-level paper.

**Is the Difficulty Ratio based on question counts or marks?**

It is based on official marks, not question counts. This paper's shares are 37.3% Easy, 44.0% Medium and 18.7% Hard; the three shares sum to 100% before rounding.

**Are these official difficulty ratings?**

No. They are derived from the platform's part-level difficulty and static-question-profile tags. They are not exam-board grade boundaries and are not calculated from candidate outcomes. Use them to compare the demand profile of papers, not to predict a grade.

**Why does each question row show its own measures?**

Each row recalculates the same mark-weighted formula from that question's parts. A single-part MCQ therefore shows the tag value directly, while a multi-part structured question blends the tags of its parts using the same Hard-part decay as the paper profile.

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