# Topic Questions: 4.1 Population, census and sample. Sampling unit, sampling frame. — WST02 Hypothesis tests > 35 WST02 Hypothesis tests topic questions (61 marks) on 4.1 Population, census and sample. Sampling unit… — 17 papers, 2014–2026. Open the exact question in… - Canonical HTML: https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/4-1-population-census-and-sample-sampling-unit-sampling-frame/ - Markdown mirror: https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/4-1-population-census-and-sample-sampling-unit-sampling-frame/index.md --- Edexcel IAL · Mathematics · WST02 · Hypothesis tests 35 WST02 Hypothesis tests topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 17 papers (2014–2026). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved. - 35 topic questions - 17 papers - 61 tagged marks - 16.1% of topic questions - 9.4% of topic marks - 2014–2026 - Syllabus 2014–current - [All WST02 Hypothesis tests topic questions](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/) - [All paper codes](https://www.examsci.com/topics/) Core finding **This Hypothesis tests syllabus point appears in 17 WST02 papers across 2014–2026, contributing 35 topic questions and 61 marks.** The most recent appearance is WST02/01 January 2026. That equals 16.1% of the 217 topic questions and 9.4% of the 646 marks tagged to Hypothesis tests. Only parts tagged to this subtopic are counted, so a four-part question can contribute one item and one part's marks. The table lists every matching question, its tagged parts and marks, with a link back to the paper page. Sessions are newest first, so the statement can be traced back through the full paper history. ## Topic questions by session Newest sessions first. Parts and marks count only the parts tagged to this subtopic; “x of y parts” shows how much of the question is tagged elsewhere. Select the paper cell to open the matching question on the paper page, or use **Go to Practice Hub** to answer that exact question in the Interactive Practice Hub. | Paper | Question | Type | Parts | Marks | Difficulty | Practice | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [**WST02/01** January 2026 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2026-january-wst02-01/#q-1) | **Q1** Sampling and Binomial Distribution - Edexcel IAL Statistics S2 Jan 2026 Q1 | FRQ | 3 of 5 parts ((a)(i), (a)(ii), (b)) | 3 of 7 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=14b2bcbc-6410-4d06-93d2-4472dc900c55&question_id=9cda2266-a6db-414e-91ad-83794f5d7778&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2026) | | [**WST02/01** January 2026 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2026-january-wst02-01/#q-5) | **Q5** Sampling Distributions - Edexcel IAL Statistics S2 Jan 2026 Q5 | FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((a)) | 2 of 10 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=14b2bcbc-6410-4d06-93d2-4472dc900c55&question_id=91a6a7b1-5293-45bc-8255-43aba0ea36bd&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2026) | | [**WST02/01** October 2025 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2025-october-wst02-01/#q-1) | **Q1** Sampling Methods - Edexcel IAL Statistics S2 October 2025 Q1 | FRQ | 3 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 4 | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=8f357307-bb78-4a61-8abf-3e698f0d6143&question_id=497f8b7f-fb55-4268-ad82-0de5fa75f91d&source_detail=WST02%2F01+October+2025) | | [**WST02/02** October 2025 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2025-october-wst02-02/#q-2) | **Q2** Sampling and Hypothesis Testing - Oct 2025 Q2 | FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 4 of 9 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=5763a03e-ff1a-43ec-b633-f62c1ea0562d&question_id=22c660f7-c6ef-4e58-b355-ece0925cb9b1&source_detail=WST02%2F02+October+2025) | | [**WST02/01** January 2025 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2025-january-wst02-01/#q-2) | **Q2** Sampling, Statistics and Distributions - Edexcel IAL S2 Jan 2025 Q2 | FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((iii)(a)) | 1 of 11 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=154f2d40-caed-481c-87f7-700856e3a4b7&question_id=9ec66b6c-abe9-4d88-af78-3acbeaf3928a&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2025) | | [**WST02/01** June 2024 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2024-june-wst02-01/#q-3) | **Q3** Sampling and Hypothesis Testing - Edexcel IAL S2 June 2024 Q3 | FRQ | 3 of 6 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 4 of 15 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=c917a3a0-784b-4d3a-a286-6af513d8d5ed&question_id=466f10c6-2632-47c5-a933-886bd76b3a9a&source_detail=WST02%2F01+June+2024) | | [**WST02/01** June 2023 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2023-june-wst02-01/#q-2) | **Q2** Sampling and Statistics Concepts - Edexcel IAL S2 2023 Jun Q2 | FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a), (b)(i), (b)(ii)) | 3 of 4 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=d8dab4f6-2b3d-4e8e-8bfe-12c57a8fe05b&question_id=56f12738-80c0-4902-b979-815a9bd9ab91&source_detail=WST02%2F01+June+2023) | | [**WST02/01** June 2022 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2022-june-wst02-01/#q-7) | **Q7** Sampling Distributions - Edexcel IAL S2 2022 Jun Q7 | FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)) | 2 of 12 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=9f6914eb-5e53-428c-8964-d4888d4d5a86&question_id=7d18f418-dff3-43f3-bfd5-ec60d6cef9ff&source_detail=WST02%2F01+June+2022) | | [**WST02/01** June 2021 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2021-june-wst02-01/#q-4) | **Q4** Sampling Distributions - Edexcel IAL S2 2021 Jun Q4 | FRQ | 2 parts ((i), (ii)) | 10 | Medium | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=6f1bf773-b5a4-4156-8fe9-4b4365817785&question_id=2881c010-b62c-4282-a0dc-e084de5936c5&source_detail=WST02%2F01+June+2021) | | [**WST02/01** January 2021 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2021-january-wst02-01/#q-6) | **Q6** Sampling and Probability Distributions - Edexcel IAL Statistics S2 Jan 2021 Q6 | FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 3 of 10 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=1fc666ae-cb4a-4f49-88e4-685f567dba28&question_id=c6566177-5464-4080-9f9d-22595a90e613&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2021) | | [**WST02/01** October 2019 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2019-october-wst02-01/#q-5) | **Q5** Sampling Distributions - Edexcel IAL S2 October 2019 Q5 | FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 7 of 11 on the paper | Hard | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=07694c98-38fb-461c-aaf2-5b1b89a8e110&question_id=5e6ea7d4-8608-4b5e-8d09-16c4e6d08053&source_detail=WST02%2F01+October+2019) | | [**WST02/01** January 2019 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2019-january-wst02-01/#q-6) | **Q6** Approximations and Sampling - Edexcel IAL S2 2019 Jan Q6 | FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((ii)(a)) | 1 of 12 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=53fefb90-8de7-4b26-8179-ca19ddc1b028&question_id=c16df989-9453-4561-8488-3f52bb61b8b7&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2019) | | [**WST02/01** October 2018 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2018-october-wst02-01/#q-4) | **Q4** Sampling Distribution and Hypothesis Testing - Edexcel IAL S2 Oct 2018 Q4 | FRQ | 1 of 5 parts ((b)) | 3 of 9 on the paper | Medium | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=e0fa16c2-3bc6-4e13-9d1a-aa7e6c0a5d96&question_id=a9ec4972-e690-476a-8acc-02a369edfdde&source_detail=WST02%2F01+October+2018) | | [**WST02/01** June 2018 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2018-june-wst02-01/#q-4) | **Q4** Sampling and Statistics - Edexcel IAL June 2018 S2 Q4 | FRQ | 2 of 5 parts ((a), (b)) | 2 of 6 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=58d76277-ed41-4a22-aad3-190bcc05fc64&question_id=17108119-df30-49ee-8804-5a193ff02782&source_detail=WST02%2F01+June+2018) | | [**WST02/01** June 2016 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2016-june-wst02-01/#q-5) | **Q5** Sampling Distribution of the Maximum - Edexcel S2 2016 Jun Q5 | FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((a)) | 2 of 9 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=33eeab29-cde4-4990-9446-9d46d0bbd486&question_id=2535dff0-d137-4e2d-bbf5-bed48ae594dc&source_detail=WST02%2F01+June+2016) | | [**WST02/01** January 2016 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2016-january-wst02-01/#q-1) | **Q1** Sampling Frame and Binomial Distribution - Edexcel IAL S2 Jan 2016 Q1 | FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((a)) | 1 of 5 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=78e8bbaa-28b6-41e1-9a32-98a24be7e3ed&question_id=134892a2-7cc6-4c6c-a29b-77e500b13e58&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2016) | | [**WST02/01** January 2015 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2015-january-wst02-01/#q-3) | **Q3** Sampling distributions and statistics - Edexcel IAL Statistics S2 Jan 2015 Q3 | FRQ | 2 of 5 parts ((c), (d)) | 5 of 11 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=ea779e7a-1d7e-4840-bafb-967456a86efc&question_id=f8be0cf7-b208-48f4-9bd7-be56358a1145&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2015) | | [**WST02/01** January 2014 · Edexcel IAL](https://www.examsci.com/past-papers/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/2014-january-wst02-01/#q-2) | **Q2** Sampling and Hypothesis Testing - Edexcel IAL S2 Jan 2014 Q2 | FRQ | 3 of 4 parts ((a), (b), (c)) | 4 of 10 on the paper | Easy | [Go to Practice Hub](https://www.examsci.com/practice?set_id=0bc6d1b9-aeb4-4db3-b222-61e62b8fdf0e&question_id=b38fc921-b5d0-499c-b630-4991a2112e78&source_detail=WST02%2F01+January+2014) | ## Related topic questions in Hypothesis tests - [4.2 Concepts of a statistic and its sampling distribution.](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/4-2-concepts-of-a-statistic-and-its-sampling-distribution/) — 72 question items · 30 papers — 225 marks · 2015–2026 - [4.3 Concept and interpretation of a hypothesis test. Null and alternative hypotheses.](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/4-3-concept-and-interpretation-of-a-hypothesis-test-null-and-alternative-hypotheses/) — 83 question items · 36 papers — 291 marks · 2014–2026 - [4.4 Critical region.](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/4-4-critical-region/) — 53 question items · 29 papers — 155 marks · 2014–2026 - [4.5 One-tailed and two-tailed tests.](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/4-5-one-tailed-and-two-tailed-tests/) — 63 question items · 36 papers — 275 marks · 2014–2026 - [4.6 Hypothesis tests for the parameter p of a binomial distribution and for the mean of a Poisson distribution.](https://www.examsci.com/topics/edexcel-ial/mathematics/statistics-2-wst02/hypothesis-tests/4-6-hypothesis-tests-for-the-parameter-p-of-a-binomial-distribution-and-for-the-mean/) — 94 question items · 36 papers — 354 marks · 2014–2026 ## Topic question rules and edge cases **How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?** 18 question stems cover this subtopic across 17 papers, but only 35 tagged parts and 61 marks belong to it. Other parts of the same questions are assessed under different statements and are excluded from this page. **Which papers include this subtopic?** The table lists every matching session from 2014–2026. Each row links to the question anchor on the paper page, where the full paper context and practice entry point are available. **Why can one question appear under several subtopics?** The parts of one question can assess different syllabus statements. Each part is counted under its own subtopics, so the same question stem can appear on several subtopic pages while each page lists only the parts and marks tagged to that statement. **Can I practise these questions with AI marking?** Yes. Open a paper from the table and use the Interactive Practice Hub entry point. 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